There were 378 people with Covid-19 being treated in hospitals around the country as of 8am this morning.

More than 4,500 flights have been cancelled around the world and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted Christmas travel, according to tracking website Flightaware.

A man in his forties who was arrested in connection with the death of a woman following at an assault at a home in Co Wicklow remains in garda custody.

It's a conversation that's likely to run for another while yet, but 2022 may provide a little more in the way of clarity as to whether ground will ultimately be broken on a ring road for Galway.

A Status Yellow rainfall warning is in place for five counties in the southeast of the country.

Christmas can be a tough time of year for many people, but there is support out there if you need it.

The most powerful telescope to launch into space is set to finally lift off following a further delay caused by windy weather.

At least sixteen people have died when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean, Greece's coastguard has said, just hours after a similar incident claimed another 11 lives.

The British government is to relax immigration rules on care-worker jobs as the UK's social care sector increasingly struggles to attract and keep staff.

The Leopardstown Christmas racing festival will now take place behind closed doors.

The Taoiseach has said that halting construction work on new homes during Covid-19 lockdown is one of the main regrets of his tenure so far.

A record 11,182 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by the Department of Health, the highest number of cases reported on any one day since the pandemic began.

Pope Francis has said that people who are indifferent to the poor offend God, urging all to "look beyond all the lights and decorations" and remember the neediest.

New data which suggested that Omicron may be less likely to lead to serious illness than the Delta variant offers a "glimmer of Christmas hope", a senior UK health official has said.

Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on the bodies of a father and son who were discovered at a house in Co Donegal yesterday afternoon.

America's longest war, it ended faster and more chaotically than anyone had ever anticipated.

The United States is set to lift its travel ban imposed on several southern African nations from next Friday, 31 December.

President Michael D Higgins has extended his deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 in 2021.

As Europe's gas prices hit a record high this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Europe only has its own policies to blame.

A 40-year-old woman has died after being injured during an assault at a property in Páirc na Sillogue in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.