Preparations are under way for the ramping up of the vaccination roll-out with 100,000 doses due to be given next week, which is up 20,000 on the number of people inoculated in the past week

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned the use of deadly force in Myanmar against protesters.

Israel reopened swathes of its economy today in what it called the start of a return to routine enabled by a Covid-19 vaccination drive that has reached almost half the population.

A man has been arrested after €250,000 worth of cannabis plants were seized in Co Monaghan.

A US passenger plane suffered a fiery engine failure shortly after taking off from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residential area before a safe emergency landing, officials have said.

This month a new documentary from the New York Times, 'Framing Britney Spears', has offered a fresh look at the singer's life and the battles she faces with her conservatorship, which has been in place for 13 years.

No consideration will be given to opening hospitality until mid-summer, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

People with underlying health conditions are set to be moved up the vaccination priority list under a plan being worked on by Government this weekend.

The head of the High Level Task Force on Covid-19 Vaccination has said that Ireland is on course to give out one million doses per month over April, May and June.

A 73-year old woman who had taken a High Court case against the HSE in relation to cervical smear tests has died.

A criminal defence solicitor has appeared in court accused of attacking and injuring a former colleague during an incident in Dublin city centre.

Inevitably, for a team who won all 12 of the matches they played last year, Limerick dominate the 2020 PwC hurling All-Star team, with nine of John Kiely's all-conquering side making the eventual XV.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has argued the introduction of mandatory quarantine is happening too late and described a "half-baked attempt" from Government in addressing this issue.

The 76-year-old prolific paedophile sat slightly slumped in the dock. He would not look at those he had violated as victim after victim came into the court.

There is no evidence of "on-island transmission" of the new P1 variant of Covid-19 that was first detected in Brazil, according to the Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory.

More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories, according to an AFP count based on official sources.

The Passport Service has temporarily paused the processing of routine applications while Ireland remains at Level 5 restrictions.

Nearly 1,000 patients over the age of 85 got their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the Helix Theatre in DCU today.

US President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas, which has suffered widespread power blackouts and water shortages during a deadly deep freeze, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has said.

A Moscow court today convicted top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny of defamation, just hours after another court upheld an order for him to serve more than two years in prison in another case.