Police have arrested 800 people in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones used by criminals that were secretly planted by law enforcement agencies, Europol has said.

A man accused of killing four members of a Canadian Muslim family after running them over in his pickup truck, targeted them in an attack motivated by hate, police said.

China has approved the emergency use of a Covid-19 vaccine for children as young as three, making it the first country to offer jabs to young children.

This week the Irish education system will embark on a process that would appear to be unique worldwide.

As the door clanked open, the herd of goats ran from the metal trailer into the surrounding woodland, their trampling hooves creating a cloud of dry dust in the morning California sunshine.

UN judges will rule today on Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic's appeal against his genocide conviction for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst act of bloodshed since World War II.

A Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant has said an increasing number of children are being admitted to hospital after suffering an adverse reaction to "edibles" - otherwise known as cannabis jellies.

The European Union has told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that it is ready to act "firmly and resolutely" to ensure the UK abides by its commitments in the Northern Ireland Protocol.

A post-mortem examination will be carried out on the body of a three-month-old girl, who died early yesterday morning after being attacked by a dog in Co Waterford.

The Child Care Law Reporting Project has raised concerns about the number of court cases involving applications for children to be taken into care, a growing number of which involve children who suffer from severe mental health issues.

The US Justice Department has said it recovered more than half of the $4.4m paid by Colonial Pipeline to Russia-based ransomware extortionists Darkside, who had forced the shutdown of a major US fuel network.

Two British sisters have been hospitalised in Mexico after being attacked by a crocodile while swimming in a lagoon.

The Department of Health has reported 377 new cases of Covid-19

A group of prominent Irish Americans has called on the US President Joe Biden to 'stand up' for the Good Friday Agreement when he meets with the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week.

Publicans have said it is "great to be back" as bars, cafés and restaurants reopened for outdoor service.

The vast majority of people in Dublin over the weekend complied with Covid-19 restrictions and it was only "a minority grouping that seemed hell bent on just creating havoc", the President of the Garda Representative Association has claimed.

Guidelines for the return of spectators at sporting events at trial events have been published by the government today.

US regulators have approved Biogen's aducanumab as the first treatment to attack a likely cause of Alzheimer's disease, sending its shares soaring, despite controversy over whether the clinical evidence proves the drug works.

A three-month-old baby girl has died after being attacked by a dog in west Waterford, gardaí have confirmed.

Spain has opened its borders to vaccinated travellers from all over the world, as well as people with a negative Covid-19 test, hoping an influx of visitors will revitalise its all-important tourism sector which has been battered by the coronavirus p...