President Michael D Higgins has responded to the publication of the report on mother-and-baby homes saying that the State must bear primary responsibility for failing to provide appropriate supports for tens of thousands of young women and their chil...

The National Public Health Emergency Team has said that although the incidence of Covid-19 is exceptionally high, at about 20 times the levels seen in early December, it is starting to fall.

The Government is to legislate to give employees the right to request remote working as part of a National Remote Working Strategy under a permanent framework for after the pandemic ends.

The Government has announced it is to introduce a new law to prevent adults grooming children to commit crime.

US President-elect Joe Biden has outlined a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal, saying bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and accelerate the distribution of vaccines to bring Covid-19 under control.

Over 630,000 people will be hit with tax bills from Revenue today.

The Irish Freight Transport Association has written to the Taoiseach warning of huge disruption in the coming weeks as the impact of Brexit fully takes hold of trade between Ireland, the UK and Europe.

US federal authorities have executed a former drug trafficker and convicted murderer, and a final execution of Donald Trump's administration was scheduled for today with just five days left of his presidency.

President Yoweri Museveni took an early lead in Uganda's presidential election, according to preliminary results released this morning by the electoral commission, as his main rival said he had proof that the poll had been marred by fraud.

US federal prosecutors have said rioters at the US Capitol last week intended "to capture and assassinate elected officials."

An Irish customs expert says she has found a solution to the Brexit "Percy Pigs" problem, that could result in retailers here avoiding having to pay hundreds of millions of euro in tariffs each year.

Australian authorities were planning to put down a pigeon that reached the country from the United States due to the strict biosecurity rules in the country, but a trip back to the US was also on the cards.

More than 30 million coronavirus cases have been officially recorded in Europe, according to an AFP tally based on official health statistics.

Almost half of all the cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health have been reported in the last two weeks.

Ireland is now placed second in European Union rankings for the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered per 100,000 of the population.

The world is on course for a "catastrophic" temperature rise this century, the United Nations has said as it confirmed that 2020 rivalled 2016 as the hottest year on record.

There have been growing calls for clarity for Leaving Certificate students regarding this year's exams.

As officials warn we are at the most challenging point in the pandemic to date, case numbers are climbing in some age groups despite some positive indications that things may be stabilising.

Firsthand accounts from six people on the reality of being sick with Covid-19.

The US House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump yesterday for a second time - just days before he is scheduled to leave office - raising questions about what happens next.