Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against apartheid, has died aged 90.

Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his stance against apartheid in South Africa. His journey to the award ceremony in Oslo involved a stopover in London, where he asked some of the Dunnes strikers to meet him.

The Chief Medical Officer has reiterated his call for people to continue to reduce their social contacts and avoid crowded places as the Omicron variant continues to spread.

New coronavirus restrictions are being introduced in Northern Ireland today to try to combat rising Covid cases.

The story of the economy over 2021 brought many surprises - some pleasant - a few headaches and several conundrums, writes Economics Correspondent Robert Shortt.

A 51-year-old woman is in a serious condition in hospital after she was stabbed several times near her home in north county Cork this evening.

There have been 13,765 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health.

At least 5,700 flights have been cancelled around the world and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted Christmas travel, according to tracking website Flightaware.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary instrument built to peer the farthest yet into the cosmos, has been launched by rocket from South America's northeastern coast, opening a much anticipated new era of astronomical exploration.

A number of charity dinners and fundraising events have taken place across the country on Christmas Day.

The eruption of a volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma that destroyed hundreds of homes and large swathes of farmland has ended, officials have said over three months after it began.

A man in his 40s who was arrested in connection with the death of a woman following at an assault at a home in Co Wicklow remains in garda custody.

It's a conversation that's likely to run for another while yet, but 2022 may provide a little more in the way of clarity as to whether ground will ultimately be broken on a ring road for Galway.

Christmas can be a tough time of year for many people, but there is support out there if you need it.

Pope Francis has called for dialogue on both personal and political levels as he celebrated a second Christmas under the shadow of a coronavirus pandemic that was pushing people into isolation.

Parts of Wexford have been hit by heavy flooding following a Status Yellow rainfall warning today.

At least 16 people have died when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean, Greece's coastguard has said, just hours after a similar incident claimed another 11 lives.

The British government is to relax immigration rules on care-worker jobs as the UK's social care sector increasingly struggles to attract and keep staff.

Diners are unable to eat in the Penny Dinners soup kitchen in Cork this year, but the "The Little Miracle on Hanover Street" will see off the challenge of Covid-19 with the charity still hoping to feed 700 people.

The Leopardstown Christmas racing festival will now take place behind closed doors.