Myanmar's military has seized power in a coup against the democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy party in early morning raids.

The seizure of power by Myanmar military's follows weeks of tensions with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government.

The Government is likely to make a decision on whether to hold the traditional Leaving Cert exam sometime this week, with a key policy meeting taking place later today.

Over the weekend Cork University Hospital was treating just under 100 Covid-19 patients, a significant improvement from a fortnight ago. Southern Editor Paschal Sheehy was given access to the hospital, where patients and staff warn that continued vig...

BioNTech and Pfizer have said they will ramp up their coronavirus vaccine deliveries to the European Union, pledging to send up to 75 million extra doses to the bloc in the second quarter of this year.

Countries across Europe were tightening restrictions as Covid-19 caseloads keep climbing with a two-week ban on foreign travel in effect in Portugal and the chance of avoiding a third lockdown in France looking "slim".

Ryanair said it may lose close to €1 billion in its current financial year, by far its worst ever performance, but Europe's largest low-cost carrier said the crisis would create significant growth opportunities.

Children from Co Kildare have said learning about St Brigid has inspired them, as she was "kind" and "helped the poor and the sick."

A powerful winter storm is set to dump several feet of snow along a stretch of the US east coast including New York City, after blanketing the nation's capital.

A new €55m fund to assist tourism businesses that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic is to be launched later today.

The small firms body ISME is to launch a crowdfunding campaign to fund a legal challenge to the State pensions system on the grounds that it discriminates against private sector workers.

A ten-year-old boy with Down syndrome is spreading tips and advice on how to stay positive with his weekly motivational "paudcast".

A nine-year-old black girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage released yesterday showed, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country's law enforcement.

A month after the end of the Brexit transition period, authorities say the volume of goods coming into Irish ports from the UK remains at around 50% of normal.

ASOS has bought the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands from the administrators of Philip Green's collapsed Arcadia group for £265m, the British online fashion retailer said today.

Australian media organisations have admitted violating a gag order in Cardinal George Pell's now-quashed sex crimes case, in a surprise plea deal that saw charges against individual editors and journalists dropped.

Former General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions David Begg has been appointed Chairperson of the Workplace Relations Commission.

Ireland is in line for nearly another 100,000 vaccines from AstraZeneca, as the European Commission has been given further commitments on supply.