KBC Bank Ireland has announced that it is in discussions about the possible sale of its performing loan assets and liabilities to Bank of Ireland.

A gunman shot eight people dead and injured several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis before taking his own life, police in the US city said.

The head of Pfizer has said that people will "likely" need a third dose of the company's Covid-19 shot within six to 12 months of vaccination.

Authorities in Chicago have released police body camera footage showing an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old Latino boy as the mayor of the US's third-largest city appealed for calm over the "excruciating" video.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that there will be an exemption to hotel quarantine for elite and professional athletes but added that governing bodies would have to "put in place equivalent situations".

For children across the country the last 12 months have been challenging and as a way of documenting their experiences many school communities are taking part in a writing project, developed by an Irish publishing company.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been jailed for 12 months along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping to lead one of the city's biggest-ever protests.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said that KBC's decision to leave the Irish market is regrettable, particularly as it comes so soon after NatWest's decision to withdraw Ulster Bank from the Irish banking sector.

Registration for appointments on the Health Service Executive's vaccination portal begins for 68-year-olds today.

The Government is to introduce tougher sentences for hate crime with terms of imprisonment in some cases more than doubling for new hate crime offences.

An online privacy group is planning to lead a mass legal action by Facebook users against the social network, seeking compensation for the publication of their personal information online.

Fewer homes on the market and restrictions on property viewings have severely disrupted Ireland's already troubled housing market, reports Rita O'Reilly.

Deloitte Ireland is to create 300 new jobs over the next 12 months.

Brazil's full Supreme Court upheld a ruling annulling former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions, which cleared the way for him to run for a new presidential term next year.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said today's Covid-19 numbers are better than they could have hoped for and the country is in a much better position now thanks to what people are doing.

The Government has said that it has provided clarity to the European Commission tonight about concerns raised in relation to the mandatory hotel quarantine system.

Fully vaccinated people arriving from designated states will shortly be exempted from hotel quarantine and allowed to quarantine at home.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said he is increasingly confident that indoor dining will be possible over the course of the summer, with the Government to set out a plan at the end of this month for the reopening of the hospitality sector through June an...

The Chair of NPHET's Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said that there has been significant and positive improvements of all indicators of Covid-19 over the last fortnight.

Public hospitals are critically short on the drugs needed to intubate Covid-19 patients in Sao Paulo, the most populous state in Brazil, health officials have said, warning of a potential public health catastrophe.