The ongoing political instability at Stormont and continuing disagreements over the Northern Ireland Protocol will top the agenda at the first British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in more than two years, which is taking place in Dublin.

Brazil registered a single-day record of 115,228 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the ministry of health said, as its outbreak shows new signs of accelerating.

The European Court of Justice has issued an opinion that the UK is guilty of indirect discrimination on the grounds of nationality if it refuses social assistance to an EU citizen who has been granted settled status under the post-Brexit EU Settlemen...

More children are being infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19, according to a GP in Northern Ireland.

The Garda Commissioner is to appear before the Policing Authority to explain the failure of gardaí to properly respond to 999 emergency calls for assistance in 2019 and 2020.

New searches have been carried out by teams looking for a 27-year-old Dublin man who went missing from a hiking trail in Wyoming.

Shelbourne Football Club have teamed up with The Alzheimer Society of Ireland for a series of dementia-inclusive events which begin later today.

The Economic and Social Research Institute is forecasting double-digit growth in the economy this year.

Britney Spears has asked a judge to end her conservatorship and said the court-ordered legal arrangement controlling her life is "doing me way more harm than good".

The Taoiseach will join other EU leaders for a two-day summit in Brussels, where they are due to discuss the latest Covid-19 situation as well as migration issues and relations with Turkey and Russia.

A painting by former British prime minister Winston Churchill that was gifted to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis sold for $1.85 million (€1.55m) at a Phillips auction in New York.

Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic residential school for indigenous children in western Canada, local media reported.

Over 200,000 housing units will need to be built in Ireland over the next three years, according to a new report from Davy.

Hong Kong cyber activists are backing up articles by pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on censorship-proof blockchain platforms after the newspaper was forced to shut down.

For the first time climate change and its risks to the economy has received particular attention in the Central Bank's Financial Stability Review, writes Robert Shortt.

The Dáil's Public Accounts Committee has called on Revenue to commission an independent investigation into the self-employment status of some couriers.

US President Joe Biden has announced Claire Cronin as his nominee for the position of US Ambassador to Ireland.

The Tánaiste has said the Government will consider giving spare AstraZeneca vaccines to over 18s if advised to do so by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee.

Antivirus creator John McAfee, 75, has been found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona.

A couple who had an abortion after being wrongly advised that their healthy baby boy had a fatal foetal abnormality have settled their High Court actions.