A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency, Met Éireann and the Marine Institute has said global climate change is having a clear effect on our environment here, including on our land, waters and atmosphere.

The HSE has opened registration for vaccination for children aged 12 to 15 years.

The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150km from Kabul, a senior lawmaker and insurgents said.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that the country is not ready yet to fully reopen, but border restrictions can be eased in a phased manner from early next year.

Irish citizens and businesses have so far donated more than one million Covid vaccines to poorer countries through a UNICEF campaign.

A group of Brazilians in Dublin say regular beach cleans are their way of "giving back" to the community.

Michael O'Toole, Operations Manager with the Irish Coastguard, has warned people to have a "heightened awareness" regarding the risks on the coast, following Met Éireann's yellow weather warning for windy conditions.

2.4 million contactless payments were made every day in June of this year, the highest daily figure on record.

All teachers in the US state of California will have to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or submit to weekly virus tests, the governor has announced, as authorities grapple with rapidly increasing infection rates.

Oil giant Shell has agreed to pay around €95 million to communities in southern Nigeria over crude spills in 1970, the company and the community's lawyer said.

Latvia's Minister for Defence Artis Pabriks has said they have experienced large numbers of migrants at the border from Belarus in recent months and believes Belarus and Russia are behind this surge.

Gardaí are appealing for information after a 25-year-old man died following a stabbing in Tallaght in Dublin.

The Master of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital has said restrictions at the hospital could be loosened if there was a higher uptake of Covid-19 vaccinations among patients and visitors.

A British embassy employee in Berlin has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, German prosecutors have said.

Concerns have been raised by politicians and academics following the publication of an agreement with China over the teaching of Chinese in Irish schools.

The Department of Health has reported 1,819 new cases of Covid-19 with 206 people in hospital, unchanged from yesterday.

Two Italian brothers who were rescued from the sea when visiting Inis Mór in 2019 have returned to Ireland to thank those who rescued them.

UEFA have confirmed away supporters will not be permitted in upcoming international games, meaning Republic of Ireland fans can't attend the World Cup qualifier against Portugal in Faro next month.

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie, who served in Afghanistan, has said a series of strategically poor decisions has led to what is happening in Afghanistan.

Polish lawmakers have voted in favour of a bill that the opposition says aims to silence a US-owned news channel critical of the government, setting up a clash with one of Warsaw's most important allies.