This year's Leaving Certificate examinations are under way at schools throughout the country, with far lower numbers of students sitting individual exams compared to a normal year.

The number of people claiming temporary Covid-related jobless benefits fell by 8% to 285,000 this week, its lowest level since December last year, new figures from the Department of Social Protection show.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath has said it is too early to reconsider the two metre social distancing rule in line with a return to the workplace.

People in the southeast of the country look set to have the best opportunity to witness a rare solar event tomorrow morning.

People in France will be able to enjoy indoor dining and staying out until 11pm for the first time in months under a new relaxation of Covid rules, as cases fall and vaccinations rise.

The Congress of El Salvador has approved a law that will classify Bitcoin as legal tender in the Central American country, its president said, making it the world's first nation to adopt a cryptocurrency.

The British Prime Minister has told the European Commission President that the UK is committed to finding practical solutions to problems of the Northern Ireland Protocol in order to protect the Good Friday Agreement.

Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan takes a look at how the wine industry in California's Napa Valley is trying to adapt to the new realities of climate change as winemakers prepare for longer and more severe wildfire seasons.

Two doctors from Dublin who formed a band while they were both recovering from Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic are hoping to record an album.

US President Joe Biden departs for Britain today on his first trip abroad since taking office.

Fastly, the company behind a major global internet outage this week, has said the incident was caused by a bug in its software that was triggered when one of its customers changed their settings.

Complaints to the Ombudsman about public services remained high last year, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Ombudsman Peter Tyndall's latest report.

Britain's competition authority said today it was investigating whether Ryanair and British Airways had broken consumer law by failing to offer refunds for flights customers could not legally take during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nicaraguan police detained two pre-candidates for the presidency yesterday, raising the number of recent arrests of potential contenders to unseat longtime President Daniel Ortega to four.

Ten people have been killed and 16 injured in an attack on a de-mining camp in Afghanistan, according to a British landmine clearance charity.

The Taoiseach has said the Government may signal at the end of this month that some workers can return to their offices by the end of August.

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 271 new cases of Covid-19.

Twin sisters who have been kept apart by the Covid-19 pandemic are celebrating their 90th birthdays in style.

As the country's vaccination roll-out continues apace, every day we theoretically eke closer to herd immunity. But it's not yet clear that we'll ever actually get there, explains Mark Coughlan.

Ireland ended their season with a hard-fought and well-earned scoreless draw with Euros-bound Hungary at the Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Budapest.