Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said those who are calling for the Northern Ireland Protocol to be done away with entirely are being completely unrealistic.

A bank has been ordered to pay €66,000 in restitution as well as interest into a child's account, after it was found to have failed to apply appropriate safeguards, leading to a parent being able to make unauthorised withdrawals.

Labour leader Alan Kelly has accused the Government of paying lip service to the issue of a mandatory quarantine for incoming passengers to Ireland to help stem the spread of Covid-19.

A team of investigators working on behalf of the World Health Organization carried out a visit to a major virus research laboratory in China's central city of Wuhan, in its search for clues to the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ireland is being tasked with renegotiating the mandate to maintain a crucial humanitarian aid corridor from Turkey into north-west Syria, as part of its new role on the UN Security Council.

Calls for a civil disobedience campaign in Myanmar have gathered pace as the United States formally declared the military's takeover a coup and vowed further penalties for the generals behind the putsch.

Pop star Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg drew the ire of the Indian government today after they tweeted in support of the massive farmers' protest against new agriculture laws.

The Government has published a new Code of Practice on workplace bullying, which will apply whether employees work at fixed locations, remotely or are mobile.

The nominees for the Golden Globe Awards will be announced in the US today, with Irish eyes on Jessie Buckley (Fargo), Brendan Gleeson (The Comey Rule), Paul Mescal (Normal People), Saoirse Ronan (Ammonite) and the animated film WolfWalkers.

At least 71 homes have been destroyed in a bushfire raging out of control near Australia's fourth-biggest city Perth, authorities said, as they told residents to ignore a virus lockdown and evacuate threatened areas.

US President Joe Biden has signed executive orders aimed at undoing the immigration policies of his predecessor Donald Trump.

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine significantly reduces virus transmission and is highly protective after a single dose, according to an Oxford University study, which the British government said vindicated its inoculation strategy.

The Department of Health has been notified of 101 further coronavirus-related deaths and 879 new cases.

A murder investigation is under way following the death of a man in a shooting incident in north Belfast.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he would give up his role as chief executive of the tech and e-commerce giant this year.

The DUP has announced it will attempt to unite unionism to campaign against the Northern Ireland Protocol.

A "mutation of concern" has been detected in the variant of coronavirus first identified in the UK, which scientists have described as "a worrying development".

A prototype of a SpaceX rocket the company hopes will one day journey to Mars crashed in a fiery explosion as it tried to land upright after a test flight today.

British fundraiser Captain Tom Moore has died at the age of 100 after testing positive for Covid-19.