Gardaí have issued a Child Rescue Ireland alert for a missing 14-year-old girl from Co Louth.

Ireland is 'tired of being laggards' and there is broad agreement in the Oireachtas that the country needs to move forward, according to Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan.

The National Immunisation Advisory Council is meeting this morning to consider what advice to issue about the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.

India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections as hospitals in New Delhi sent out desperate warnings that patients could die without fresh oxygen supplies.

Indonesia has deployed warships in the hunt for a navy submarine that went missing with 53 crew aboard off the coast of Bali, as other nations sent vessels to help with the search.