Temperatures of up to 30C are likely as the heatwave continues across the country, with Met Éireann issuing a Status Yellow high temperature warning.

India's coronavirus death toll is up to 10 times higher than the nearly 415,000 fatalities reported by authorities, likely making it the country's worst humanitarian disaster since independence, a US research group has said.

An extra helpline number for queries on the Digital Covid Certificate will be operational from this morning.

Boxers Kellie Harrington and Brendan Irvine have been chosen as the Team Ireland flag bearers for Friday's Olympic Games opening ceremony in Tokyo.

Secret government documents from the UK now made public tell the inside story of just how Tony Blair and his colleagues approached the issue of Northern Ireland after his election victory in 1997.

For several weeks, RTÉ Investigates monitored several locations in Ballymun where drugs are openly sold on the streets.

Representatives from the restaurant and bar sector will meet Government officials as work continues on guidelines ahead of the anticipated reopening of indoor hospitality next week.

The Irish Pharmacy Union has called on the HSE to supply Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to all pharmacists to allow Covid-19 vaccinations continue without interruption as supplies of the Janssen vaccine slow down.

Stoked by hot, dry winds, the largest of several dozen Western wildfires roared through more drought-parched brush and timber in southern Oregon yesterday, displacing about 2,000 residents after destroying scores of homes.

A third Australian state has announced lockdown rules to combat the Covid-19 Delta variant spread, with South Australia entering week-long restrictions, joining an extended lockdown in Victoria and a five-week shutdown in Sydney.

Northern Ireland's politicians will return to Stormont later to send a message to the UK government that they will not accept plans to end prosecutions for Troubles crimes.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he no longer believed "all this NHS overwhelmed stuff" as he resisted imposing England's second coronavirus lockdown, leaked messages suggest.

The wealthiest man on the planet, Jeff Bezos, will ride his own rocket to outer space later today, a key moment for a fledgling industry seeking to make the final frontier accessible.

China has sharply denied US allegations it carried out a massive Microsoft hack, countering that Washington was the "world champion" of cyber attacks while raging at American allies for signing up to a rare joint statement of condemnation.

Leftist school teacher Pedro Castillo was proclaimed Peru's president-elect yesterday, six weeks after a polarising vote of which the results were delayed by claims of electoral fraud from his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori.

A federal judge has handed down an eight-month prison sentence to Floridian Paul Hodgkins for his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol.

Met Éireann has said temperatures are expected to reach the mid to high 20s this week, with 29 or 30 degrees expected in parts of the midlands, possibly even higher locally.

Airlines, airports and the tourism industry are preparing for an uptick in business from today as travel restrictions into and out of the country are eased.

As Ireland relaxes its border controls for international travel, some of the rules have changed, others stay the same.

Twenty-seven motorists were hit with fines totalling €229,000 today after they failed to turn up to court accused of M50 toll dodging.