A pilot music festival will take place in Dublin today as part of efforts to test the safe return to large events, where antigen testing will be utilised to gain entry.

Buncrana in Co Donegal and Dungarvan in Co Waterford have the highest rates of Covid-19 in the country. A detailed breakdown of coronavirus cases in each Local Electoral Authority shows that, as of last Monday Buncrana in Donegal had a 14-day inciden...

Two women are due in court in Dublin today charged with human trafficking, organised prostitution and money laundering.

Economists say that the Irish economy can survive moves by the OECD to impose a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%.

Thursday saw the OECD forge a landmark deal to reform the global corporation tax system.

The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis and the UK's Brexit minister David Frost have warned of possible disruption to peace in Northern Ireland if changes are not made to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

It has been one of the most bruising weeks in the coronavirus crisis. People left dazed and confused.

The Government is set to buy one million Covid-19 vaccine doses from Romania, in what is seen as a major boost to the vaccination programme.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced an expansion of the vaccination roll-out to younger people, with 18-34 year-olds able to register with pharmacies from next Monday to opt-in for the Janssen vaccine.

By the end of the week, nobody could escape the warnings on the seriousness of the threat posed by Delta. There was also much good news on accelerated vaccinations for young people. For the Government, the timing of that will help ease the unfairness...

US President Joe Biden has made reference to his Irish roots during a naturalisation ceremony at the White House.

Tax receipts for the first six months of the year were ahead of expectations with income tax continuing to perform strongly.

A former member of the British Army's Parachute Regiment charged with the murders of two men and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday will not stand trial, prosecutors have told their families.

Gardaí seized over €8 million from organised crime gangs last year - a ten-fold increase in five years - according to new figures released today.

Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell said the overturning of Bill Cosby's 2018 sexual assault conviction justifies throwing out sex trafficking and other charges stemming from her relationship with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Two more victims have been found in the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment building in Florida, bringing the death toll from last week's tragedy to 22, with 126 people still unaccounted for, officials said.

Almost two-thirds of special schools are not participating in a summer education scheme aimed at supporting children with disabilities and others who have struggled more than most as a result of the recent school closures.

Germans who are vaccinated against Covid will not have to go into full lockdown again and will enjoy more freedoms than unvaccinated people in case of another virus resurgence.

A man accused of abusing his niece and nephews told gardaí he was sickened by the allegations and that all he ever did was look after the children and feed them, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Dozens of fires have broken out across western Canada and California, with little relief expected from a deadly heat wave that has seen temperatures hit record highs.