New safety guidelines for nightclubs, live events, bars and restaurants will be published today.

Politicians from Ireland and Britain will be among guests at a church service in Armagh today to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland and the formation of Northern Ireland.

Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of one of the world's longest Covid-19 lockdowns.

The Taoiseach will join other EU leaders for what is expected to be a difficult two-day summit in Brussels, dominated by Poland's challenge to the primacy of EU law and deepening concerns over energy prices.

Over the next three years, 830 new jobs are to be created by the professional services firm Grant Thornton.

Former US president Donald Trump has announced plans to launch his own social network.

The number of Covid-19 outbreaks increased last week, including in the workplace and in schools, new figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre show.

Demands for redress by mica homeowners were described as "off the scale" and giving rise to "very serious concerns" by senior civil servants last month in internal correspondence.

Russia has reported some Covid-19 infections with a new coronavirus variant believed to be even more contagious than the Delta one, the RIA news agency has reported.

Nearly 200 people have died in floods and landslides in India and Nepal, officials said, as forecasters warned of yet more heavy rain.

There was increased demand for services from Merchants Quay Ireland in the Midlands last year.

Britain and New Zealand have reached agreement in principle on a free trade deal designed to reduce tariffs and improve services trade.

Partial human remains were found yesterday in a Florida wilderness area where authorities have been searching for Brian Laundrie, the FBI has said.

North Korea has said the US was overreacting to its recent missile test and questioned the sincerity of Washington's offers of talks, accusing it of operating "double standards" over weapons development.

A group of Netflix employees staged a 'virtual' walkout and public rally in Los Angeles on Wednesday as anger swelled over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that activists say is harmful to the transgender community.

The National Public Health Emergency Team held their first briefing since late August, amid rising case numbers and the easing of some restrictions from this Friday.

A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has cancelled her planned visit to Northern Ireland, where she was due to attend a church service tomorrow marking the centenary of Northern Ireland.

A woman has been given a suspended sentence for careless driving causing the death of her friend in Co Monaghan almost ten years ago.

As Covid-19 cases in Ireland reach 'concerning' levels and a further reopening looms, NPHET members hold a briefing in Dublin.