The Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said he believes people have forgotten how easily Covid-19 spreads, adding "we're simply getting too close", and warns against letting the level of infection build too high in the commun...

The Attorney General will meet with government officials and Fáilte Ireland this morning to finalise the legal underpinning for the new indoor dining system ahead of Monday's reopening.

A 15-year-old boy has died after a swimming incident on Lough Sheelin on Tuesday afternoon, bringing to five the number of people who have drowned in separate incidents in lakes this week.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games takes place in Tokyo at midday Irish time today.

The opening of many new playgrounds and play centres all over the country, and the ongoing operation of some existing ones, has been thrown into doubt because of an insurance related problem.

Reading had always been a struggle for 10-year-old Cormac Deignan who has dyslexia, but when he discovered Roald Dahl, his story turned a page.

The funeral of Des O'Malley, the founder and former leader of the Progressive Democrats, will take place later today in Dublin.

Shares in Permanent TSB soared over 16% today after it announced a potential deal worth about €7.6 billion to buy some elements of Ulster Bank's business here.

An eight-week gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is a "sweet spot" when it comes to generating strong immune response while protecting a population against the Delta variant of coronavirus, scientists have ...

Heatwave conditions will continue today with Met Éireann forecasting that temperatures will reach into the high 20s and possibly above 30C.

A man who fended off attacks from a grizzly bear for a week in the Alaskan wilderness is recovering from his injuries after he was found stranded at an encampment, the US Coast Guard has said.

An agreement has been reached between Permanent TSB, Ulster Bank and its parent company NatWest which could see the sale of parts of Ulster Bank's business in the Republic.

Permanent TSB is set to buy 25 Ulster Bank branches as part of a potential deal between the two lenders.

A Northern Ireland High Court judge is to deliver a ruling in a legal challenge to the UK government's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing.

Sydney's fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a "national emergency," state leaders said, as Australia's largest city reported another record number of new infections.

A new report from Wind Energy Ireland has concluded that floating wind energy turbines are key to delivering Ireland's longer term clean energy targets.

Emergency measures to protect food supplies in the UK will see thousands of workers at up to 500 critical sites potentially avoid the need to self-isolate if identified as a contact of a coronavirus case.

There were almost 70,000 referrals to the Child and Family Agency in 2020, a rise of 23% compared to the previous year.

The number of Covid-19 cases related to overseas travel has increased "very sharply" recently, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn.

There are 95 people in hospital who have tested positive for coronavirus, down one since yesterday, of whom 23 are in ICU, a rise of one compared to yesterday.