The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 will meet today when it is expected to discuss updates to hospitality industry guidelines on outdoor events.

Health Trusts in Northern Ireland have confirmed an increased number of Covid-19 cases among maternity patients.

Two Belarus Olympic officials involved in attempting to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya home from the Tokyo Olympics have had their Games accreditation revoked and have been removed from the athletes' village.

Hundreds of people were evacuated by boat from an island near Athens as Greece braced for a fourth day of wildfires with emergency services forecasting strong winds and searing temperatures.

A Status Yellow thunderstorm and rain warning has been issued for Connacht, Ulster, north Leinster and north Munster.

Rebels from Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region have seized Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the neighbouring Amhara region famous for its 12th-century stone churches.

A total of 11 walk-in vaccination clinics are open around the country today for people over the age of 16.

The latest action from Tokyo 2020 where Irish interest centres on walking, golf and track cycling.

Three employees at CNN have been fired for violating the network's coronavirus policy by coming into the office unvaccinated, according to US media reports.

The number of people testing positive for Covid in England has fallen for the first time in almost three months.

Some additional lifting of restrictions will take place at maternity hospitals in the coming weeks, according to a senior HSE official.

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, who was jailed for contempt of court last month, has been admitted to hospital, less than a week before he is due in court for a separate corruption trial.

Nightclubs are set to reopen and all restrictions on meeting others are to be removed in Wales, in the biggest easing of coronavirus measures since the pandemic began.

Apple has said it will implement a system that checks photos on iPhones in the United States before they are uploaded to its iCloud storage services to ensure the upload does not match known images of child sexual abuse.

A 17-year-old girl has died and two other people have been injured in a road crash in Co Meath.

Daniel Murtagh, 34, has been found guilty of the murder of his former partner Nadine Lott in Co Wicklow in 2019.

The Garda Superintendent who headed the investigation into the murder of Nadine Lott has said it was "very important" to remember that the person "at the very centre of this trial was Nadine" and not the perpetrator of the crime.

The CEO of the Health Service Executive Paul Reid has urged the public to "stick with" public health guidelines following controversy and confusion surrounding Covid-19 regulations in regards to outdoor gatherings.

There have been 1,491 new cases of Covid-19 notified to the Department of Health. There are 193 people in hospital who have tested positive for the virus, a rise of six overnight, of whom 28 are in ICU, two fewer than yesterday.

Kellie Harrington will fight for a gold medal on Sunday morning after securing at least an Olympic silver, courtesy of an accomplished lightweight semi-final victory over Sudaporn Seesondee of Thailand.