The Government has approved measures, which will see rent increases linked to general inflation and an extension of rent pressure zones to the end of 2024.

A judge has denied Britney Spears's request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship, a court filing reveals.

Sinn Féin's health spokesperson David Cullinane has said the different projections laid out by the CMO yesterday regarding the situation with Covid-19 were "sobering and quite stark".

Six more bodies have been found in the ruins of a Miami-area condominium tower, officials have said, bringing the confirmed death toll to 18 nearly a week after the building collapsed.

More than 31,500 Freedom of Information requests were made to public bodies last year, a drop of 21% on the previous year, according to the annual report from the Information Commissioner Peter Tyndall.

There was an increase in the number of applications made by gardaí to involuntarily detain people in approved mental health centres last year.

The use of illegal stimulant drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and poppers has increased, according to a new survey.

Russia today reported 672 coronavirus-related deaths, the most in a single day since the pandemic began.

The US state of Texas executed a man convicted of a violent triple murder, who was the first to get a stay of execution due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stormont ministers are expected to decide later whether to press ahead with further Covid-19 rule relaxations amid a warning the Delta variant now accounts for around 75% of Northern Ireland's cases.

The Central Bank has upgraded its forecasts for growth in the economy in its latest quarterly bulletin.

84% of freight vehicle movements into Ireland from Great Britain through Dublin and Rosslare ports since January 1 were "green routed", meaning they did not require any checks on arrival, according to Revenue.

The Chief Medical Officer has rejected the idea that testing rather than full vaccination could be used to pave the way for the reopening of indoor hospitality.

Pennsylvania's highest court has overturned Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction and ordered that he be released from prison immediately.

Europe's tourism hot spots are gearing up for what they hope will be a summer season marked by the return of foreigners eager for a taste of freedom after a year of Covid restrictions and lockdowns worldwide.

Delta is now the dominant coronavirus variant in Ireland and is most prevalent in younger people, with almost half of cases in those aged 19-34.

The EU has agreed to grant a three-month extension to the grace period for chilled meats entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, and will change EU legislation in order to ensure there is an undisrupted supply of medicines into Northern Ireland...

A junior infant teacher has told a child abuse trial that she found that the oldest boy in the family did not appear to have any joy in his life.

Nearly 2,000 people who live in Scotland have attended a Euro 2020 event while infectious with Covid-19, Public Health Scotland has said.