The Chief Medical Officer has warned that the current level of Covid-19 is placing an enormous burden on the entire health system.

Fresh rioting broke out late last night over the Dutch government's coronavirus measures, with rioters throwing stones and fireworks at police, and setting fire to bicycles as protests turned violent for a second night in the Netherlands.

Farmers are to stage a demonstration in Dublin city centre later today in protest against the Government's stance on the Common Agricultural Policy and the Climate Action Plan.

Today marks World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, with events taking place across the country to remember those who have their lives on Irish roads.

The Government is to go ahead with a plan to provide subsidised antigen tests despite renewed warnings against the move by the Chief Medical Officer.

With deposit interest rates at all time lows, parents have anecdotally been giving larger lump sums to their offspring to help fund a home purchase or renovation. The Government now appears to have these transactions in their sights, although it rowe...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks set to leave Manchester United with immediate effect, according to reports.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts have been a matter of international concern for weeks, purportedly attended a tennis tournament in Beijing on Sunday, according yet-to-be-authenticated photos published by the tournament organised by ...

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, the EU's eastern frontier, the "greatest attempt to destabilise Europe" since the Cold War.

An important date in the retail calendar, December 8 was the traditional day for country people to venture to the city to do their Christmas shopping.

The Department of Health has confirmed 5,959 new cases of Covid-19.

One person has died and three others wounded in a shooting this morning in the Old City of Jerusalem, with the attacker also killed.

Avian flu has been detected in a turkey flock in Co Monaghan, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed.

It has been a tumultuous week, with huge uncertainty as to what will happen between now and Christmas and beyond.

Nobody wants another online work Christmas party, but with Covid cases surging and immunity waning for the vaccinated, should such in-person events go ahead?

US President Joe Biden has asked Americans to express their views peacefully following a jury's acquittal of teenager Kyle Rittenhouse of murder in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests last year.

Focus Ireland is marking UN World Children's Day by calling on the Government to prioritise ending child homelessness.

Public health experts have warned we are facing into a difficult December. Here are five ways you can help stave off record Covid levels before Christmas.

Hundreds of people took part in border protests today calling on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to back off on this threat to invoke Article 16.

Thousands of protesters decrying Covid-19 vaccinations gathered in cities around Australia today as smaller counter-rallies supporting health measures also marched.