The Chief Executive of the HSE has said that more younger people are being referred to hospital with Covid-19, and that there is concern over long-Covid for younger people.

Half of the coronavirus patients admitted to hospital during the first wave developed at least one complication, new research has found.

The death toll from devastating floods in Europe soared to at least 93 today, most of them in western Germany, where emergency responders were searching for hundreds of missing people.

The Taoiseach will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Dublin today, with EU/UK relations, Covid-19 and vaccines on the agenda.

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced the launch of a trial aimed at freeing its users from smartphones.

A week out from the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, Ray Kennedy looks back at Rio 2016 and asks about the true cost of hosting the event.

The five political parties in the Northern Ireland Executive will today take part in a virtual meeting co-chaired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and the Northern Secretary Brandon Lewis to discuss Troubles legacy issues.

Police in Manchester have said they do not think that abusive graffiti on a mural of England footballer Marcus Rashford was of a racial nature.

As the final whistle is about to be blown on a festival promoting social inclusion through football, young migrants have told of the everyday racism they have endured in Ireland.

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui has been killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan.

The World Health Organization chief has acknowledged that a prior push to all but rule out the possibility that Covid-19 may have escaped from a lab had been "premature".

An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is to fly into space with billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company.

The Eiffel Tower is to reopen to visitors for the first time in nine months, following its longest closure since World War II.

The UN human rights chief has voiced alarm at the alleged use of excessive force during unprecedented street demonstrations in Cuba, demanding that all those detained simply for protesting be freed.

US President Joe Biden has the United States is reviewing when it can lift restrictions that ban most-non U.S. citizens from traveling to the US from much of Europe.

The number of daily Covid-19 cases to be reported later today is expected to be close to 1,000, HSE chief Paul Reid has said.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the Government is targeting Monday, 26 July as the date for reopening indoor hospitality settings.

A 33-year-old man has appeared in court charged in connection with an armed robbery at a credit union eight and a half years ago during which a detective Garda was shot dead.

The health ministry has said it would cut quarantine time for those in contact with infected people and for returning non-vaccinated residents from 10 days to seven, following a negative test.

Caught up in what has been described as a "red hot" property market during a pandemic, many buyers feel locked out of buying their own home, Louise Byrne explains.