The Chief Medical Officer has said he was "absolutely shocked" by the crowds that gathered in parts of Dublin city centre yesterday.

Tens of thousands of people in Brazil staged another day of protest against President Jair Bolsonaro, in particular for his chaotic handling of the pandemic, which has claimed nearly 460,000 lives there.

DUP leader Edwin Poots has lambasted the EU for using Northern Ireland as a "plaything" over Brexit.

A former Conservative Party communications chief, Carrie Symonds, is now the wife of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after the pair held a secret wedding at London's Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral yesterday.

On 1 June, it will be four months since a military coup overthrew Myanmar's elected government.

Search teams are looking for one missing person after rescuing all other passengers from a large ferry that caught fire in Indonesia, an official said.

It is widely expected that the Cabinet will approve and publish the Government's National Economic Plan next week.

The Health Service Executive is "gaining momentum" in rebuilding its healthcare systems following the cyber attack on 14 May.

"It's not easy bein' green," Kermit the Frog famously sang in an episode of The Muppet Show in 1978.

People cannot avail of "free" Covid testing from the HSE before going on holidays, Minister of State Ossian Smyth has confirmed.

Ten people have been arrested by gardaí in raids in counties Limerick and Meath after drugs with a potential street value of more than €2 million were seized.

The target date of 21 June is in the balance. The rapid spread of the so-called Indian variant of Covid-19 - and its potential to outpace the rollout of vaccines in the UK - is now at a critical point.

The remains of 215 children have been discovered on the grounds of a former boarding school set up more than a century ago to assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples, according to a local tribe.

Chelsea have won the Champions League for the second time in nine years after Kai Havertz's first-half goal clinched a 1-0 win over Manchester City in Portugal.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden's government was also suspending a 2019 agreement between Washington and Minsk that allowed carriers from each country to use the other's airspace.

Mother-and-baby home survivors who are involved in the arts are being joined by poets, actors and musicians for an online event marking the legacy of the institutions.

A fundraising appeal has been set up by TV presenter Dr Christian Jessen after he was ordered to pay damages of £125,000 (€145,000) to Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster.

When the dust finally settles on the coronavirus crisis here, there will be time to reflect on exactly what happened and how it was handled by Government and various authorities.

If there is one thing we have learned over the past year it is that there are no guarantees when it comes to Covid, but around the country guitars are being tuned, lines are being learned and light bulbs are being replaced to illuminate stages that h...