The number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered to people in Ireland is expected to pass the milestone of half a million this weekend as the roll-out continues.

A protest rally is due to take place in Cork this afternoon calling for an end to lockdown restrictions.

The number of people in intensive care units with Covid-19 has dropped to 99 with the number of coronavirus cases in hospital now at 401.

A second meeting of the country's judges to consider proposed new guidelines for personal injury cases is due to take place this morning.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney is departing for Iran today ahead of a meeting tomorrow with the country's President Hassan Rouhani.

Politicians have been gripped by the vaccine jitters this week as nerves falter over the rollout.

The worst of the third wave of Covid-19 has now passed. The enemy is receding. But the danger is not gone. The task now is to avoid a fresh onslaught, in the months to come.

The Department of Health has been notified of nine further coronavirus-related deaths and 522 new cases.

Pope Francis held ahistoric meeting with Iraq's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani today, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a land torn by sectarianism and violence.

The Taoiseach has played down the prospect of Ireland seeking vaccines from other European countries to meet vaccination targets.

A decade after the war began in Syria, many of those who have found themselves displaced by the conflict are now living in dreadful conditions in refugee camps in neighbouring countries and across southern Europe.

The Northern Ireland Protocol is threatening to become a chronic condition, and flare ups are now occurring with worrying regularity, as Europe Editor Tony Connelly explains.

Gordon Elliott has been suspended from training for 12 months, with six months suspended, and ordered to pay costs of €15,000, following his Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board referrals committee hearing.

The HSE has committed to improve the timing of confirmation notices to GPs in relation to order numbers and delivery dates for vaccine doses.

American Airlines has said that a Boeing 737 MAX bound for New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport declared an emergency after the captain shut down one engine over a possible mechanical issue.

Two cousins who hijacked a bus near Dublin Airport last year have each been sentenced to five and four years in prison.

The Galway City Central Local Electoral Area has the highest 14-day incidence of Covid-19 in the country with 767.7 cases per 100,000 people in the two weeks to last Monday, 1 March.

Gardaí are investigating the unexplained death of a man in Lusk, Co Dublin.

The Mail On Sunday must publish a front-page statement about the Duchess of Sussex's victory in her copyright action against the newspaper, the High Court in London has ruled.