The latest figures from the Health Service Executive show a significant reduction in the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19, with 220 people being treated for the disease.

A father and daughter convicted of murdering Irish man Jason Corbett in the United States could be released from jail today.

Delegates at the Teachers Union of Ireland annual conference have voted for an emergency motion backing industrial action, up to and including strike action, if they are not prioritised for vaccination.

Japan's western region of Osaka has cancelled Olympic torch events scheduled across the prefecture, as record coronavirus infections prompted its government to declare a medical emergency.

Contracting Covid-19 is "robustly associated" with an increased risk of developing mental health and neurological conditions in the six months after a diagnosis, a study suggests.

An American actor has been arrested by FBI agents in Los Angeles for allegedly masterminding a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of hundreds of millions of dollars, US authorities said.

The IRFU has said the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a redundancy programme that will see up to 20 non-playing members of staff lose their jobs.

A group of politicians has said that Irish people should take daily Vitamin D supplements due to growing international evidence that it may help to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks.

The leader of the Alliance Party in Northern Ireland, Naomi Long, has said it is her party's intention to get all parties at Stormont to "unite around a call for calm and a cessation of violence" when the Assembly meets tomorrow to discuss the recent...

Iran's foreign ministry has said that an Iranian vessel, the Saviz, had been targeted in the Red Sea.

Climate change activists broke windows at the London headquarters of Barclays, the latest protest aimed at highlighting the role of the financial sector in fuelling what they call the climate catastrophe.

The Government views vaccination as the way out of the pandemic. Though it has been plagued by issues, the roll-out is broadly on track, reports Mark Coughlan.

The HSE has said that 191 people were called from the reserve Covid-19 vaccination list and vaccinated at the Aviva Stadium.

There have been nine further Covid-related deaths and 443 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health.

The winner of the seventh series of RTÉ's Home of the Year has been revealed - with Jen Sheahan scooping the coveted title for her late 1800s artisan cottage in Dublin.

Brazil has registered more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours for the first time, the health ministry said, as the country reeled from a surge of infections that has made it the current epicentre of the pandemic.

US President Joe Biden has announced that all adults across the United States will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines within two weeks, well ahead of the previous target.

Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid has revealed that vaccines "are now protecting the most vulnerable" in nursing homes.

Three people who absconded from hotel quarantine in north Dublin earlier today have been returned to the facility.

Minister for Education Norma Foley has defended the Government decision to change the vaccine roll-out schedule from an occupation-based one to one led by age, saying it was "not a value judgement on any given profession".