US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold their first face-to-face meeting today, during which they will lay the foundations for a new pact, despite Brexit casting a shadow on the "special relationship".

The Green Party has said that in the past some of its activists may have posed as members of a polling company to canvass the opinion of voters.

The Taoiseach has described the intervention by US President Joe Biden in the disagreement between Britain and the EU over how to implement Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade rules as a significant development.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will welcome leaders from around the world to the G7 summit in Cornwall tomorrow.

Two Australian states are on Covid-19 alert after an infected woman and her husband travelled from Victoria, the epicentre of the country's latest outbreak, through the states of New South Wales and into Queensland, visiting dozens of sites en route.

A Partial Solar Eclipse, where almost half of the Sun's diameter is covered, will occur this morning.

Families with children who have been born through surrogacy are calling on the Government to enact legislation to regulate it in Irish law.

The Taoiseach has said he believes antigen testing should be used more widely in society.

US President Joe Biden is expected to announce a "historic" US donation of half a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses for 92 poorer countries, the White House said.

The first in a series of live pilot concerts takes place in Dublin this evening, as James Vincent McMorrow and special guest Sorcha Richardson will play to 500 people at the Iveagh Gardens.

The Mental Health Commission has called for urgent investment in mental health facilities and more robust legislation to ensure buildings are fit for purpose to meet best practice in terms of infection prevention and control in the event of further ...

Tesco has announced plans to take on 225 new drivers for its home grocery shopping service.

Alcohol Action Ireland has said that treatment facilities and services available for those with alcohol addiction issues are "woefully inadequate" and the issue needs much more focus and investment.

JBS, one of the world's biggest meat processors, has paid bitcoin worth $11 million in ransom to hackers to prevent any further disruption after a paralysing cyber attack believed to have originated in Russia.

Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil have said that activists posed as members of a polling company and went door-to-door to canvass the opinions of voters.

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 259 new cases of Covid-19, with 76 people being treated in hospital.

Separated for 1,000 years, two Viking warriors from the same family were reunited on Wednesday at Denmark's National Museum, as DNA analysis helps shed light on the Vikings' movements across Europe.

All workers are to get a right to be paid for up to ten days of sick leave per year by 2025, under plans agreed by the Government today.

People who cannot find childcare to attend a Covid-19 vaccination appointment should be assisted rather than refused permission, according to the CEO of One Family.

An Irish medical expert has told an Oireachtas Committee that the suggestion that antigen testing will encourage poor behaviour is "back to the argument" around "seatbelts and condoms".