The HSE's Chief Clinical Officer has said that Covid-19 has almost disappeared as a serious illness in nursing homes and residential centres as the impact of the vaccination programme is being seen across the country.

The online self-service portal for this year's Leaving Certificate students opens at midday and can be accessed over the next seven days.

Brazil broke its record for new daily Covid-19 deaths with nearly 2,000 fatalities, as the pandemic overwhelms hospitals and vaccinations progress slowly.

Members of the US Congress are to receive a briefing today on the latest Brexit developments from Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and the European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefcovic.

A Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London last week.

Kneeling before a group of heavily armed police officers in the dust of a northern Myanmar city, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng begged them to spare "the children" and take her life instead.

A Covid-19 booster vaccine is likely to be rolled out in the autumn to avoid another winter surge, the UK deputy chair of the government's vaccine advisory committee has told The British Medical Journal.

The rights of an individual to access personal information will be at the centre of new legislation on information and tracing.

Sinn Féin has taken out adverts in a number of US newspapers calling for the Irish Government to prepare and plan for a united Ireland.

Another woman has said the governor of New York state inappropriately touched her, bringing to six the number of women who accuse Andrew Cuomo of harassment or inappropriate behaviour, local media reported.

The Chinese government's treatment of Uighurs has violated "each and every act" prohibited by the United Nations' Genocide Convention, a report by dozens of international experts has alleged.

The European Commission is expected to take legal action against the United Kingdom in the coming days over its unilateral move on implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The CEO of Oxfam has called for a full waiver of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property on Covid-19 vaccines, so that more of the vaccines could be made outside of the companies who developed them.

These photos show how Japan has spent a decade rebuilding after the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011.

Japan this week marks ten years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory, the massive earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown of 11 March 2011.

Tree surgeons began felling centuries-old oak trees which will be used to rebuild the wooden-framed spire of Notre-Dame de Paris after it was destroyed by fire in April 2019.

Gardaí have urged the public to be on the alert over a Covid-19 vaccination phone scam, which involves people being offered a date for their vaccination.

The Department of Health has been notified of 311 cases of Covid-19 and 30 virus-related deaths.

Anyone seeking to improperly influence the Leaving Certificate calculated grades process is likely to face sanctions.

Ninety kilos of herbal cannabis worth an estimated €1.8m has been seized by Revenue Customs officials at Ringaskiddy in Cork harbour.