Post-mortem examinations on the bodies of three brothers discovered outside Mitchelstown in Co Cork are expected to take place over the weekend.

One year after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed here, Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers looks at the lessons that have been learned and looks forward to the day when the people of Ireland can return to normality.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said Auckland will enter a seven-day lockdown after a new case of Covid-19 was confirmed.

Lady Gaga's two French bulldogs which were stolen at gunpoint in Hollywood have been safely returned, Los Angeles police said.

US President Joe Biden has scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, though Democrats faced challenges to their hopes of using the bill to raise the minimum wage.

Just two months into Brexit, the EU-UK relationship is already facing a crossroads.

Police in Myanmar have moved to disperse protests by opponents of military rule and one woman was shot and killed, media reported, after the country's UN envoy urged the United Nations to use "any means necessary" to stop the 1 February coup.

A US panel of independent experts has voted unanimously in favour of recommending Johnson & Johnson's one-dose Covid-19 shot for emergency approval.

The addition of Mark Carney to the board of directors at Stripe, was hailed as a major coup for the online payments company when it was announced last week.

The Government has added 13 additional states to its list of "high risk" countries in the pandemic.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has issued a letter appealing to parents and guardians not to see the return of children to school as a signal that social mixing is acceptable.

The United Nations, Ireland, and four other European members of the Security Council have called on Israel to stop demolitions of Bedouin settlements in the Jordan Valley.

The roll-out of vaccines by GPs in the community to people aged 85 years and older will continue at GP vaccination centres set up at Munster Technology University in Cork City and Merlin Park in Galway.

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson has said she made a "big mistake" and was "naive" in relation to the case of Emirati Princess Latifa Al Maktoum.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified US intelligence assessment.

Gardaí have said they are not looking for anyone else in their investigation into the deaths of three brothers near Mitchelstown in Co Cork.

The latest official figures show that 4,300 have died with Covid-19 in this country. Behind the daily figures are vibrant characters and the families and friends left behind, grieving in the strangest of circumstances.

The Department of Health has been notified of an additional 776 cases of Covid-19 and a further 29 deaths.

Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister has halted construction of permanent inspection facilities for post-Brexit checks on agri-food goods arriving from Britain.

Drugs worth more than €1 million have been seized at Dublin Port. An Irishman in his 50s has been arrested.