The Omicron variant of novel coronavirus is spreading at a "phenomenal rate" so people should get an additional dose of the vaccine because double-jabbed people are vulnerable, the UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said today.

Two cargo ships collided this morning in the Baltic Sea between the Danish island of Bornholm and the southern Swedish city of Ystad, the Danish Defence's Joint Operations Centre.

Organisers behind a haulier and trucker protest in Dublin city today say the main plan of their demonstration is to block Dublin Port.

A ray of hope has emerged from the aftermath of a barrage of tornadoes that obliterated a Kentucky town and killed people in five states.

A plan for an updated Covid-19 booster programme is due to be published this week in an effort to ensure 1.5 million people have received a third Covid-19 jab by Christmas.

Victims' groups in Northern Ireland and all political parties in the Stormont Executive say they are being kept in the dark about the British Government's timescale for introducing a controversial ban on prosecutions for all killings during the Troub...

Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich said he regrets not making the decision to get a vaccine sooner after the midfielder was ruled out until January due to lingering effects of the novel coronavirus.

A 56-year-old man who was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of a Sinn Féin councillor has been released without charge.

Northern Ireland's Covid certification scheme is set to become legally enforceable.

Rescuers in Sicily have found four more bodies in the rubble of collapsed buildings after a massive explosion likely caused by a gas leak, raising the official death toll to seven.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said he is sleeping soundly after becoming the first premier in nine years to inhabit the official residence, which is reputedly haunted by ghosts.

President Michael D. Higgins switched on the Christmas tree lights at Áras an Uachtaráin this evening, while the frontline choir provided the music.

People who lost loved ones during the pandemic were invited to design glass leaves in their honour today at a studio in Co Offaly.

There is a possibility of traffic disruption in Dublin during the peak hours of Monday morning, as hauliers and truckers protest in the city for the second time in a month.

The UK faces a "tidal wave" of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and two vaccine doses will not be enough to contain it, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this evening, as he accelerated the booster rollout programme.

Max Verstappen claimed his first-ever Formula One world championship with a sensational last-lap overtake on title rival Lewis Hamilton to claim a controversial victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Support for the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ruling Conservative Party has plummeted after a series of scandals, with a majority of voters thinking he should now resign, according to a poll published yesterday.

A man has been arrested by gardaí investigating the murder of a Sinn Féin councillor in Co Donegal in May 1991.

US President Joe Biden has said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay "a terrible price" and face devastating economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps the West guessing over Ukraine, it was the might of Chinese President Xi Jinping that garnered the long-term strategic focus when the diplomats from the Group of Seven richest democracies met this weekend.