A draft text at the COP26 climate summit urged countries to revisit their emissions cutting goals by 2022, three years ahead of schedule, after data showed current plans were far from limiting heating to 1.5C.

The Health Service Executive has said that around 25 to 30 repeat PCR tests are conducted each month, after issues arise with the first test.

Average rents for residential properties were 6.8% higher in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2020, according to the latest rental report from the website Daft.ie.

An organisation representing most manufacturing businesses north of the border has said the vast majority view the Northern Ireland Protocol as an opportunity rather than an obstacle.

The operator of the national grid has said the goal for Ireland to run on 70% renewable electricity by 2030 is "technically possible to achieve" but the process will be "complex and uncertain."

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has published legislation that will allow for the electronic tagging of sex offenders in some circumstances.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a powerful weapon in the world's battle to beat global warming, yet their impact varies hugely from nation-to-nation and in some places they pollute more than petrol models, data shows.

A new supercomputer will improve short-term weather forecasting and help communities become more resilient to climate change, Met Éireann has said.

A Co Offaly teenager will meet Taoiseach Micheál Martin to share her views on the importance of creating an open dialogue between farmers and climate activists.

German health authorities have advised against the use of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for people under 30 due to evidence of a small risk of cardiac inflammation.

A 60-year-old Australian man escaped the jaws of a large crocodile by stabbing it repeatedly in the head with his pocket knife as it dragged him into a river, local authorities said.

A US judge has ruled White House records be released to a Congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot, despite former President Donald Trump's attempts to keep them secret.

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President President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to former Northern Ireland civil rights activist and Fine Gael TD Austin Currie, who has died aged 82.

A 13-year-old boy has died following an incident at a school in Co Kilkenny yesterday.

The Department of Health has been notified of 3,578 additional cases of Covid-19. The number of patients in ICU with Covid-19 is 83, an increase of five on the same time yesterday.

A girl aged 17 who went missing while jogging in a forest in northwestern France sparking a mass search and nationwide concern has been found alive, prosecutors said this evening.

Former chief executive and chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Seán FitzPatrick has died, a spokesperson for his family has confirmed.

Under a 150-year-old law, those deemed to be of unsound mind receive the protection of the State. But they also lose many of the rights we consider fundamental.

Gardaí have located and arrested a man who escaped from an open prison in Co Cavan last month.