Government officials will resume deliberations later today on new guidelines which will apply to the reopening of nightclubs and live venues on Friday.

The skeletal remains of six people have been uncovered during archaeological excavation in Cork city.

Gardaí say they have received new information in the investigation into the murder of Paul Quinn in Co Monaghan.

Britain's health service is close to the edge of being overwhelmed in many areas and and pressure is only going to increase as winter approaches, the head of a healthcare system body has said.

Japan's Mount Aso has erupted, spewing a giant column of ash thousands of metres into the sky as hikers rushed away from the popular tourist spot.

The world's nations are currently planning to produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the United Nations has said.

More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads and houses in India and Nepal, officials have said, with scores more missing.

The families of the crew who died while on a search and rescue mission in 2017 are facing significant legal bills arising out of a Department of Transport review of the accident.

Israel has confirmed a case of a subvariant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus previously reported in some European countries, the health ministry said.

The funeral of poet and author Brendan Kennelly is to take place later today in Co Kerry.

A bomb targeting a military bus in Damascus killed at least 14 people, state media reported, while witnesses and rescue workers said Syrian military shelling in the rebel-held northwest killed 11 civilians.

Data from the country's pandemic monitoring system can explain the concern among policymakers about the latest rise in Covid-19 cases, explains Mark Coughlan.

One in Four, the organisation which supports people who have experienced sexual violence, was forced to create a waiting list for its psychotherapy services last year due to demand.

People with disabilities have been among the worst affected groups by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the National Advocacy Services for People with Disabilities and the Patient Advocacy Service.

The nomination of Claire Cronin to be the next US Ambassador to Ireland has been approved by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

A US congressional committee investigating the deadly 6 January assault on the Capitol has voted unanimously in favour of contempt-of-Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a longtime aide to former president Donald Trump.

The predicted rise in the number of people being treated for Covid-19 is "concerning", the President of the Intensive Care Society of Ireland has said.

Dublin and Cork airport operator daa urgently needs a regulatory decision on passenger charges that addresses the "unsustainably low level" that currently pertains, its chairman designate has said.

The Irish National Teachers' Organisation is to meet with the Department of Education tomorrow to discuss concerns around current high levels of Covid-19 in primary schools.

A Co Wexford primary school has reversed a decision to close to pupils until after the mid-term break because of the high number of cases of Covid-19 among them.