Mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland will come into force this Friday, with the booking portal going live this morning.

A gunman killed at least ten people including a police officer at a supermarket in Colorado, police said, in the latest shooting to hit the western state, the scene of two previous US mass murders.

The Tánaiste has said that changing things like the use of the titles such as Taoiseach and Tánaiste would have to form part of a discussion about a United Ireland.

AstraZeneca may have provided an incomplete view of efficacy data on its Covid-19 vaccine from a large scale US trial, a US health agency has said.

The National Public Health Emergency Team said it has "noted" that people aged 70 years and older will not all have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine until "after mid-April" and will not have got their second dose until "after mi...

With our journeys restricted to essential travel, most of us are sticking to our 5km radius during Level 5 lockdown.

Germany it to impose a strict lockdown for five days over Easter as Covid-19 infections spiral "exponentially", with Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that ICU beds are filling up again.

A seal that had garnered attention for its antics on the banks of London's River Thames has been euthanised after it was attacked by a dog.

Leaked videos of staff from Australia's conservative government performing sex acts in parliament have left Prime Minister Scott Morrison's administration facing yet another major scandal.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled a Scottish parliament committee, an investigation into the Scottish government's unlawful handling of harassment allegations against former first minister Alex Salmond has concluded.

Israelis are voting in their fourth election in less than two years, with the nation still divided over whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deserves to remain in power.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced support for EU chief Ursula von der Leyen's threat to block AstraZeneca vaccines produced in the bloc from being exported, ahead of a crunch EU summit on the escalating row.

Customer trends and not the "excuse" of reduced footfall during the pandemic are behind Bank of Ireland's decision to close 88 branches in the Republic of Ireland, its chief executive has said.

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet as an NFT for just over $2.9m yesterday.

Two men are due in court in Dublin this morning charged with the murder of a 44-year-old man in Bluebell, Dublin last year.

The Cabinet looks set to approve a revised Climate Action Bill at its meeting later today, which will include specific targets on reducing carbon emissions - a key objective of the Green Party going into Government.

This evening's NPHET briefing at the Department of Health has heard that there was one additional coronavirus-related death and 520 new cases.

The Department of Health has been notified of 520 further cases of Covid-19, while one additional death has also been recorded.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is against the EU placing export bans on Covid vaccines, saying it is vital to keep supply chains open.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly will sign all the required regulations, which will bring mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland into force.