The CEO of the HSE Paul Reid has said vulnerable groups need to be on their highest guard as Covid-19 is now "rampant" in our communities.

As part of the Brexit settlement, Northern Ireland remains part of the EU's Single Market for goods. In order to avoid a border on the island of Ireland, a trade border will be created in the Irish Sea.

The United Kingdom's Brexit transition period expired at 11pm last night, ending a 48-year history with the European project.

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RTÉ Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds looks back over the criminal justice events of 2020.

From Black Lives Matter protests, to a global pandemic and Donald Trump, 2020 will be talked about for years to come.

Ireland has formally taken its seat as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council. It will serve a two-year term.

The pandemic has presented one of the greatest challenges imaginable for Irish businesses - but it has also sparked a huge amount of imagination and resilience around the country.

As lockdowns due to the coronavirus crept across European countries last March, members of the Irish community in Barcelona learned that a St Patrick's Day event they were to attend was postponed just days before it was due to happen.

Estate agent Sherry FitzGerald said that despite the profound economic impact presented by Covid-19, property values in the Irish second-hand homes market remained robust, with prices seeing a moderate increase over the course of 2020.

There have been 1,620 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health, as well as 12 further deaths.

NPHET has said the current set of restrictions imposed by the Government to combat the transmission of Covid-19, may not be enough, and additional measures may be required if there is continued deterioration.

The Minister for Education has said it is the Government's "firm intention" to reopen schools on 11 January.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is appealing for help from potential witnesses to a fatal shooting it is investigating.

The ambulance service in Northern Ireland is braced for delays and hospitals have reached full capacity in Northern Ireland.

Around 25 nursing homes are to receive the coronavirus vaccine from Monday and there will be a full roll-out the week after, the Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland has said.

As fresh Level 5 restrictions come into effect amid record case numbers, here are five key points from the last Department of Health briefing of 2020.

The world has begun ushering in the New Year, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell to 2020.

Ryanair must pay the legal costs of its failed High Court challenge against travel measures introduced by the Government in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Cabinet has agreed to move the country to Level 5 restrictions from midnight until 31 January.