Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the country has some way to go before the current level of restrictions can be eased and, he said, the Government will bring "greater clarity" on this towards the middle of this month.

Staff in Tallaght University Hospital's emergency department face into one of the peak days of the third wave of Covid-19.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will bring proposals to Cabinet today that will seek to allow the naming of child victims.

The General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said some nurses on Covid-19 wards and ICUs have yet to receive their first vaccine dose.

Irish Coast Guard volunteers have been told not to take part in the 'Jerusalema' viral video dance challenge.

Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan examines what is likely to happen during the impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump which begins today and will last several days.

Snow is affecting road conditions in some areas around the country as a Status Yellow warning for snow and ice is in operation for eight counties, with up to 5cm of snow likely in places.

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee will decide today whether to seek the discontinuation of the recruitment process for a new secretary general at the Department of Health, despite advice that such a demand could exceed its remit under Standing Orde...

Police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in Myanmar as demonstrators around the country defied a military ban on rallies and international condemnation of the putsch grew.

A psychologist and two nurses who helped care for football legend Diego Maradona before his death have been added to a widening involuntary manslaughter probe, a judicial source told local media.

A Republican congressman from Texas who was being treated for Covid-19 has died, his office said, the first sitting member to died after battling the coronavirus.

The impeachment trial of the former US president Donald Trump will begin in the US Senate today.

Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida and sought to add a dangerous level of additive to the water supply.

The lead agency for monitoring and controlling the spread of infectious diseases in Europe was hampered by a catalogue of problems when the coronavirus pandemic struck, according to an investigation by EU Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly.

A woman whose former work colleague harassed her, threatened her and tried to break into her home has spoken about her "absolutely terrifying" ordeal.

The family of a Limerick man, missing for the past 25 years, have been informed by gardaí that his human remains were actually discovered a few weeks after he disappeared.

Gardaí are investigating whether a couple found dead at a house in Co Cavan last night may have died as a result of accidental poisoning.

A Status Yellow Snow and Ice warning has been issued for six mainly eastern counties, as temperatures are set to drop in the days ahead.

There continues to be "steady progress against all indicators" of Covid-19, Professor Philip Nolan has told a National Public Health Emergency Team media briefing.