Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will seek Cabinet approval for a bill to strengthen the law on consent, knowledge and belief in rape cases.

Scientists advising the World Health Organization on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks.

An animal market in China's Wuhan really was the epicentre of the Covid pandemic, according to a pair of new studies in the journal Science that claimed to have tipped the balance in the debate about the virus' origins.

The Director of the National Immunisation Office has strongly encouraged people to receive all the Covid vaccines and boosters that they are eligible for.

The Taoiseach has said that all sectors will have to "stretch themselves" when it comes to carbon emissions ceilings.

An undisclosed number of former rugby players are taking a case against the IRFU in relation to serious brain injuries sustained during their playing careers.

More human remains have been found at a lake near Las Vegas, officials said, months after the rapidly receding waters of drought-hit Lake Mead revealed the corpse of a long-submerged mafia victim.

Anti-abortion protesters could be fined or jailed for demonstrating outside healthcare settings, under proposed laws going to the Cabinet today.

The jacket worn by US astronaut Buzz Aldrin during his 1969 flight to the Moon aboard Apollo 11 was sold at auction for $2.7m in New York, Sotheby's announced.

Children with complex needs are being placed in care in holiday homes and hotel rooms due to a lack of available options, according to a report published today.

A new study has identified 62 symptoms associated with Long Covid, including some previously less well known ones

New Zealand's government has said that new Covid-19 cases were trending down and it looked likely the country would avoid a feared worst-case scenario of 20,000 infections daily.

Businesses in Northern Ireland are experiencing a "feast or famine" effect from the protocol, according to a report from the British House of Lords.

The global average cost of a data breach has hit a record high of $4.35 million, an increase of almost 13% over the last two years.

Talks between the three coalition party leaders have ended without an agreement on an emissions reduction targets for the agriculture sector.

A garda who tortured and terrorised a woman ill with cancer has been sentenced to three-and-a-quarter-years in prison.

A Kerry sailor has departed Ireland to compete in the legendary Golden Globe Yacht Race, also known as the "voyage for madmen".

A mother of four from rural Wexford believes the Government is out of touch with the financial challenges facing families due to the rising costs of fuel and food.

The latest TV debate between Conservative leadership candidates fell off air after a "medical issue" and a crashing sound was heard.

Croatia is celebrating the opening of a long-awaited bridge linking its southern Adriatic coast including Dubrovnik with the rest of the country, bypassing a narrow strip of Bosnian territory.