The union that represents Special Needs Assistants has said agreement to reopen schools for children with special educational needs has not been reached.

Joe Biden has announced plans for thousands of mass vaccination sites to immunise 100 million people in the US in the first 100 days of his presidency.

It has been a difficult week for survivors of mother-and-baby homes as the injustices of the past were laid bare by a report published on Tuesday.

The tide is beginning to turn in the fight against coronavirus here. But it may not always feel that way.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party will elect a new leader, in a key vote kicking off the race for Germany's top job as a deadly pandemic roils Europe's biggest economy.

With pandemic restrictions showing little sign of easing in the short term, hundreds of thousands of currently house-bound employees - and their employers - will be keeping a close eye on the Government's remote working promises.

Two weeks into Brexit, problems are mounting and recriminations are flying in all directions. The reality of Brexit is proving every bit as toxic as the four-and-a-half-year slog that got us to this point.

The US government has carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump's administration, just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty.

Three new variants of Covid-19 have been causing concern in recent times. One that originated in the UK, another that originated in South Africa and more recently a variant that has originated in Brazil. But what are variants and should we be worried...

The Class of 2021 is again shouldering the anxiety of the uncertainty hanging over this year's Leaving Cert.

The Head of the Covid-19 National Vaccine Taskforce has said there will only be a modest impact to the rollout of the vaccination programme by a temporary reduction in supplies of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.

Fifty more people who were diagnosed with Covid-19 have died, the Department of Health has said. The Department has also reported 3,498 more cases of the coronavirus.

The Adoption Rights Alliance has welcomed confirmation that a referendum will not be required to give survivors of Mother and Baby Homes access to their records.

The mother of an Irish teenager who was found dead after she went missing in Malaysia in 2019 has said the inquest into her death has brought up more unanswered questions.

Over 630,000 people will be hit with tax bills from Revenue today.

All passengers who returned to Ireland from Brazil in the past 14 days are being told to self-isolate for two weeks since their arrival date as well as undergo a Covid-19 test, following the emergence of a new variant of the virus.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the move late last year from Level 5 restrictions back to Level 3 "turned out to be too quick".

WhatsApp has delayed a data-sharing change as users worried about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal.

US President-elect Joe Biden has no safety worries about taking his oath of office publicly next week. Asked if he felt safe about the inauguration ceremony on 20 January - despite intelligence briefings outlining security threats - he replied "ye...

All primary school children who have significant additional needs will return to the classroom next Thursday under new arrangements agreed between the Department of Education and teacher and SNA trade unions.