The General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation has estimated that around 15% of members will be absent when schools reopen tomorrow.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is seeking Government approval for the purchase of €90mn worth of Covid antiviral pills.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said the government will introduce a series of new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, as she warned the global financial hub was on the verge of another outbreak.

The US House of Representatives Committee investigating last year's attack on the Capitol Building by Donald Trump supporters has said it wants to question Fox News TV host Sean Hannity about the events of 6 January.

President Emmanuel Macron is facing anger from opponents and chaos in parliament after issuing a provocative warning to people in France not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 that he would pressure them as much as possible by limiting access to key asp...

The makers of the rapid antigen test, Genrui, have said they are working closely with local agents and partners in Ireland, to actively investigate the product batches where it has received complaints by users.

2021 will always be the year of 'life during lockdown'. There were so many stories to listen to and report upon. But for me, the most memorable example was the impact of home learning on a grandmother raising five children - including a set of 16-yea...

North Korea has fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea and Japan said, in the first such launch by Pyongyang this year.

Novak Djokovic needs to prove that he has a genuine medical exemption from Covid-19 vaccination when he lands in Australia or he will be "on the next plane home", says Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Tattoo parlours across the EU are reported to be in crisis as a new rule came into force which effectively bans many of their most popular inks and which one artist described as like "taking the flour from a bakery."

BlackBerry is pulling the plug on service for its once ubiquitous business smartphones, which were toted by executives, politicians and legions of fans in the early 2000s.

The James Webb Space Telescope has fully deployed its tennis-court sized sunshield, a critical milestone for the success of its mission to study every phase of cosmic history, NASA said.

The Department of Health has been notified of 21,302 additional cases of Covid-19. There are 884 people in hospital with the virus, 90 of whom are in ICU.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the Government will ask the Chief Medical Officer to consider relaxing the rules around restriction of movements for fully vaccinated close contacts of confirmed cases of Covid-19.

A lawyer for Britain's Prince Andrew told a New York judge today that he should dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit against the UK royal because of a settlement his accuser signed in 2009.

A judge in California has dismissed a case against the band Nirvana, which was taken by a man who as a baby was photographed naked for the cover of the album 'Nevermind'.

The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, has acknowledged that the reopening of schools later this week will be "challenging".

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather alert, warning of low temperatures and icy stretches in many areas in the coming hours.

The UK government has reported a record of more than 200,000 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the highly transmissible Omicron strain surges through the country.

US prosecutors have said they are dropping a sexual harassment case against former New York governor Andrew Cuomo who was forced to quit over the allegations last year.