The Government is not actively considering a return to working from home full-time, the Minister for Health has said, adding that he has not received any advice from public health officials on this.

More than €1.5 billion has been spent on the Housing Assistance Payment scheme since 2017, with over €260 million spent on the scheme in the first half of this year.

Restrictions on nighttime flights and a noise quota system are part of the plans for the operation of the new north runway at Dublin Airport.

With negotiations at the United Nation's COP26 climate summit moving towards an end game, the focus will once more be on the potential for a deal in Glasgow.

Victims of domestic violence will be granted easier access to rent supplement on a permanent basis following a decision by Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys.

People from African nations who are most affected by the impacts of climate change are having their voices heard in the halls of COP26 as crunch time for a deal begins, but there are concerns that some groups are being frozen out.

Germany has registered a record 50,196 new Covid-19 infections, according to health authorities.

There is a lack of political will to deliver solutions to the issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium has said.

A train driver in Japan is suing his employer after his wages were docked 56 yen (€0.43) over a minute-long delay to the country's famously punctual rail system, the company has said.

Lawyers for an 18-year-old charged with murdering two men and wounding another during anti-police protests in Wisconsin last year have called for a mistrial.

Blood sacrifices involving pigs, sheep or geese were practiced in Ireland well into living memory on Martinmas.

Afghanistan is "at the brink of economic collapse", Pakistan's foreign minister has warned US, Chinese, Russian and Taliban diplomats.

Belarus has blamed the migrant crisis on its borders on the European Union and accused the bloc of rejecting talks on measures to reinforce the frontier.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against a return to Cold War-era divisions in the Asia-Pacific as tensions mounted over the security of Taiwan.

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Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast have developed a new treatment to be used in combination with radiotherapy that could significantly improve treatment outcomes for men with locally advanced prostate cancer.

43% of Irish companies have firm plans to be carbon-neutral or achieve net zero, according to a survey by IT company DataSolutions.

From high levels of socialisation to booster jabs, here are five things we learned from today's NPHET briefing.

China and the United States have announced a joint initiative to deliver enhanced climate action, Beijing's longtime climate envoy told the COP26 summit in Glasgow today.

The National Public Health Emergency Team said there has been a "significant increase" in Covid-19 cases amongst almost all age groups.