Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has said that it is "deeply regrettable" if medical and personal patient information and hospital correspondence stolen by hackers from the HSE system is being shared online.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has defended the decision to exempt apartments from the Government's proposal to introduce a stamp duty charge of 10% on the purchase of ten or more houses.

So, can I buy a house now? It's a reasonable question many first-time buyers and those who need to move may be asking themselves as they sift through the announcements yesterday evening by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and Minister for Housing Dar...

Registration for vaccination for people aged 45 to 49 years old opens today, starting first with people aged 49.

The New York state attorney general's office has said it has told the Trump Organization its investigation of the company run by former president Donald Trump is now a criminal investigation and not purely civil.

A young entrepreneur from Co Louth says he can't wait to showcase his prize-winning pens on an international stage.

A steady stream of migrants tried to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this morning, after a record influx of arrivals sent diplomatic tensions soaring between Spain and Morocco.

Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting.

Parisians returned to café terraces and museums after a six-month Covid-forced hiatus, a glimmer of normal life resuming but India grappled with a record daily number of coronavirus deaths.

Facebook has called for legislation that will pave the way for a new media regulator and online safety commissioner in Ireland to be delayed.

Many Irish businesses have been targeted by cyber attacks in recent months and years, and a number of them have paid ransoms, explains Barry Cummins.

Ireland's Lesley Roy has said she is "grateful" for the "memorable" Eurovision experience after she missed out on a place in the Song Contest Grand Final.

In 1996, former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds began a business partnership with Patrick Russell. Years later, Russell would be exposed for defrauding over 60 people of more than €8m.

The organised cyber crime group that targeted the HSE and the Department of Health is known to international law enforcement agencies as one of the most sophisticated and technically proficient cyber crime gangs in the world.

A 44-year-old woman on trial for murdering her children told her eldest child she was sorry as she suffocated him, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Aer Lingus is to permanently close its cabin crew base in Shannon in an effort to reduce costs.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said technology experts assisting with the Health Service Executive recovery from the cyber attack have reported that a lot of medical files have not been compromised.

The Cabinet has agreed that bulk purchases of ten houses or more will be subject to 10% stamp duty.

A man who walked up to two toddlers as they sat in a buggy outside their house and burnt one of their faces with a mini blowtorch has been jailed for 20 months.

The Government has joined a compensation claim against the Israeli government for the destruction of property it and other EU governments have funded in the Palestinian Territory.