More than 140,000 people across the world signed up to participate in today's Darkness Into Light event to raise funds for suicide prevention charity Pieta.

Kate O'Connell may have left the pitch in Dublin Bay South but she did not go quietly. Clearly angry, she aimed both barrels at Fine Gael locally and nationally in an attack designed not just to vent, but to damage the party.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum.

The property market in Ireland has confounded all of us for a very long time. But when people can no longer afford to buy new homes, there's a pretty fundamental snarl-up coming down the tracks, writes Robert Shortt.

China's rogue rocket is in an uncontrolled free-fall towards Earth and no one knows where or exactly when it will burn through Earth's atmosphere, but the risk of debris hitting an inhabited area remains very small, experts said.

There are 111 people being treated for Covid-19 in hospital, according to the latest figures from the HSE.

The European Union condemned violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound and urged authorities to quickly calm tensions.

Covid-19 restrictions are due to ease further from Monday 10 May. Here is a brief summary of the key changes.

People have been urged to "take great care" and businesses have been asked to review their safety protocols ahead of the easing of coronavirus restrictions from Monday.

The Northern Ireland Health Minister has written to the Irish Government asking it to do all it can to prevent non-essential cross-border travel, as restrictions on inter-county travel here are lifted on Monday.

Vaccines have changed the war against coronavirus. They have given us new armoury, against a devastating threat to the world.

The Trump administration reportedly secretly obtained the phone records of newspaper journalists who reported on allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.

People who are travelling abroad for essential medical reasons are to be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine when they return.

Pharmaceutical company Teva is to close it Sudocrem manufacturing plant in Baldoyle in Dublin, with the loss of 110 jobs.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said he is "very concerned" about Covid-19 antigen tests that people can buy off the shelves in supermarkets.

A 46-year-old man has been jailed for life for the murder of his estranged wife's partner almost two years ago.

People from England can travel to Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel from 17 May without having to self-isolate on their return, the British government has announced.

Nicola Sturgeon's hopes of winning an overall majority for the Scottish Nationalist Party at the Holyrood election are hanging in the balance - despite the First Minister's party making gains from its rivals.

From NPHET monitoring a number of counties with high incidence rates, to concern about the inappropriate use of antigen tests available over-the-counter, here's six things we learned from today's Covid-19 briefing.

Eligible businesses resuming trading activities can claim a 'Restart Week' payment (in effect double the normal weekly CRSS payment rate) for a period of two weeks to assist them with the additional costs of reopening.