The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport has said he believes restrictions will start to lift towards the end of next week.

A 31-year-old man is still being questioned by gardaí about the murder of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, Co Offaly.

The Cabinet is meeting at Dublin Castle today to consider its spring legislative programme, which is expected to involve more than 40 bills, in advance of the return of the Dáil this afternoon.

The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours.

An undersea cable connecting volcano and tsunami-hit Tonga with the rest of the world will take at least a month to repair, New Zealand's foreign ministry has said.