Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have discussed the latest information to emerge about the more virulent strain of Covid-19 that was first identified in the UK.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow snow and ice warning for the entire country.

Is this the longest January in history? It certainly feels that way, writes Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers.

Russian police detained dozens of protesters as supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets following his call to protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule.

While holidays abroad ground to a halt last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many will be hoping to return to the skies at some stage in 2021.

Europe is in a race against time. While the early rollout of the vaccine has been beset by difficulties, it is expected to pick up dramatically from March. But the arrival of more infectious Covid variants is threatening to extinguish the hopes assoc...

The Italian data privacy watchdog has ordered video app TikTok to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old girl who had been using the app.

Limerick principal urges ministers "not to use vulnerable children as a political football" amid heated debate about reopening of special education classes.

British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has warned that supplies of its coronavirus vaccine to Europe will be "lower than originally anticipated" due to reduced production at a manufacturing site.

There have been 52 more Covid-related deaths and 2,371 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health.

The US Senate trial of former president Donald Trump will begin the second week of February, after the article of impeachment is transmitted to the chamber early next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said today.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there is some evidence that the new variant of coronavirus first identified in the UK may be linked to a higher death rate.

There will be no easing of Level 5 restrictions at the end of this month, the Taoiseach has confirmed, suggesting the current measures will be in place for at least another four weeks.

The sentencing of a gang of people smugglers linked to the deaths of 39 migrants has concluded at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.

Met Éireann has issued a snow and ice warning for the entire country for Saturday night, following a warning for seven counties, which is currently in place.

An Icelandic man who got the world's first double shoulder and arm transplant is recovering well after the operation, two decades after the accident that cost him both limbs, doctors said today.

Canadian airline Westjet today cancelled a flight just prior to take-off after a warning light went off in the cockpit of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

A faithful dog waited for her owner outside a hospital in Turkey for almost a week until he was discharged after undergoing treatment for a brain condition.

Dr Catherine Motherway believes numbers coming to ICU will remain high for a "good number of weeks to come" and warned that the health system "needs the tap to be turned off" in the community.

The Taoiseach has written to the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang asking for a ban on the importation of Irish beef to China to be lifted "as a matter of urgency".