The bodies of two brothers in their 60s have been found at a house near Mitchelstown in north Cork, while gardaí have issued an appeal to trace a red Toyota Corolla van, registration 03-WW-1556.

Senior EU figures are contemplating a major reset in relations with the UK that would coincide with the formal ratification of the free trade agreement at the end of April, RTÉ News has learned.

The Government is to replace the Direct Provision system with an international protection system over the next four years.

Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK to pursue an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, the Supreme Court has ruled.

A new partnership has been agreed between the National Gallery in London and the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, regarding the 39 paintings in the Sir Hugh Lane Bequest.

The founder of an online support group for people who have experienced a loss or changed sense of taste and smell after contracting Covid-19 says there is a mood of 'desperation' among its members.

An American former Olympics gymnastics coach has been found dead hours after he was charged with human trafficking and abuse of athletes in his care.

Health Service Executive's chief Paul Reid has warned of this "difficult phase" where he said people want to be getting "out and about" more and highlighted the risks of social interactions.

Britain's Prince Harry has said that the TV series The Crown is "not strictly accurate, but, loosely, it gives you a rough idea about that lifestyle".

Eritrean soldiers fighting across the border in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region killed hundreds of people in a massacre last year in a likely crime against humanity, according to Amnesty International.

A Boeing 777 airliner has made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States.

Eight Russian diplomats and family members, the youngest of them a three-year-old girl, have left North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to Pyongyang's coronavirus restrictions.

The 78th Golden Globe Awards take place in Beverly Hills on Sunday night, and Irish eyes are on Brendan Gleeson, the animated adventure Wolfwalkers and the TV phenomenon Normal People.

Aer Lingus and British Airways owner IAG has posted a loss after tax and exceptional items of €6.923 billion for 2020 after a year of minimal flying in the pandemic when it has burnt through cash.

The Chief Executive of the HSE looks back on the three waves of the virus over 12 months that transformed the country.

The number of people to receive a vaccine against Covid-19 in Northern Ireland will pass half a million today.

The US director of national intelligence is expected to release a damning report today that points the finger at Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018.

South Korea has launched its Covid-19 inoculation campaign, with shots to be administered in some 200 nursing homes, in an effort that officials call the first step in returning the country to more normal life.

The US military has struck facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed armed groups, saying President Joe Biden's new administration was sending Tehran a message after recent rocket attacks on US troop locations in Iraq.

A zoo worker in Spain has died after he was struck by an elephant's trunk, knocking his head against the bars of an enclosure, the zoo and local officials said.