The vaccination of people under 35s is "really working now" and it is "all OK" for the next stage of reopening on Monday, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said.

Gardaí have renewed an appeal for information on the murder of 17-year-old Raoinaid Murray in 1999.

Chaos quickly ensued in Aliya's office when President Ashraf Ghani told Afghanistan that he had fled to the United Arab Emirates and, then, the capital Kabul fell to the Taliban.

After being stuck on this journey with Covid-19 for so long, this week's new road map may have felt like a dramatic shift in gear - and even a sharp change of direction for some.

New Zealand has recorded its first Covid-related death in six months, but health authorities said there were signs the outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant was coming under control.

Novelist Hilary Mantel has said she hopes to gain Irish citizenship, leave the UK and become "a European again".

The Health Service Executive has opened several walk-in clinics across the country this weekend - and beyond - offering Covid-19 vaccines to people without an appointment.

As Taliban fighters entered Kabul on the evening of 15 August, executives at Afghanistan's biggest independent TV network had a tough decision to make: stay on-air or go dark.

MPs returning to the Commons next week have been instructed to smarten up their attire by Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, in a reminder the days of Zooming in to Parliament are over.

The deaths of almost a dozen New Yorkers who could not escape their homes during flash flooding has exposed the perils of living in the city's often-dangerous basements.

The Taliban is due to form a government within days, facing the enormous challenge of shifting gears from insurgent group to governing power, days after the United States fully withdrew its troops and ended two decades of war

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of 19-year-old Conor O'Brien in Co Meath last week.

The Land Development Agency has said it will accelerate housing building projects to deliver up to 26,000 new social and affordable homes.

The Minister for Education has said it is a significant day for the more than 61,000 students who have achieved their Leaving Certificate in "remarkable and challenging times".

A book of condolence is to be opened in Co Derry for Pat Hume, as tributes continue to pour in for the widow of late SDLP leader John Hume.

The proportion of top grades awarded to candidates in this year's Leaving Certificate has risen significantly compared to last year.

US President Joe Biden travels to Louisiana today to get a first-hand look at the destruction caused by Hurricane Ida.

Late Late Toy Show star Adam King has raised over €250,000 for Temple Street Hospital in Dublin and Cork University Maternity Hospital.

Covid-19 vaccines for healthy children aged between 12 and 15 are not being recommended by the Government's vaccine advisers.

19-year-old Jenna Coughlan is typical of many Irish teenagers, in that for much of the pandemic she was stuck at home in her bedroom.