The three Coalition leaders will meet at midday at Government Buildings to consider recommendations from NPHET on the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, in advance of a full Cabinet meeting at 3pm.

What will the Cabinet decide when ministers gather at 3pm to consider easing of restrictions?

The death has been announced of the singer Meat Loaf at the age of 74.

Canadian authorities found the bodies of four people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few metres from the US border along a route used by migrants, officials have said.

As aid trickles into the South Pacific nation of Tonga, devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami, an Australian aid flight has been forced to return to base due to a positive Covid-19 case onboard.

A 13-year-old space enthusiast from Co Kildare is feeling out of this world after seeing his artwork sent to the International Space Station (ISS).

New regulations which would allow vacant and derelict pubs to be turned into homes without the requirement for planning permission will come before the Oireachtas at the beginning of next month.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have warned that Russia would pay a "considerable and serious price" if it invades Ukraine.

The establishment of a special joint Oireachtas committee to examine issues around international surrogacy has been announced.

The volume of goods passing through Dublin Port last year only dropped marginally, despite the impact of Brexit on Irish Sea trade.

Ireland is set to mark 50 years of membership of the EU, with Taoiseach Micheál Martin inspecting the original Treaty at the National Archives of Ireland.

Coverage of all today's developments as the Cabinet meets to decide on the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

Netflix dashed hopes for a quick rebound after forecasting weak first-quarter subscriber growth, sending its shares down nearly 20% and wiping away most of its remaining pandemic-fuelled gains from 2020.

The "Doomsday Clock," representing the judgement of leading science and security experts about perils to human existence, remains at 100 seconds to midnight this year.

Minister for Education Norma Foley said she had a "positive and constructive" engagement today with partners on Leaving Cert 2022.

An Irish woman has reached the mid Atlantic in her bid to become the first Irish female to row on her own and unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean.

The CIA has concluded that US diplomats suffering mysterious headaches and nausea in what has been dubbed "Havana Syndrome" were not targeted in a global campaign by a foreign power

Businesses in Kildare, the county that was locked down for longer than any other, are eagerly awaiting Friday's update on the lifting of restrictions, explains Conor McMorrow.

US President Joe Biden has said that any entry of Russian troops into Ukraine will be treated by the West as "an invasion," as he tried to clarify confusion over an earlier suggestion that a "minor" attack could invite a lesser response.

An expert in immunology has said she supports the easing of Covid-19 restrictions but has urged people to remain vigilant.