People aged between 30 and 39 who have completed their primary Covid-19 vaccination course are eligible to register for their booster vaccine from today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said "lessons have been learned" following an apparent breach of Covid-19 regulations in June of last year, in which a number of officials "briefly let their guard down to celebrate" Ireland's election to the UN ...

Property prices rose by almost 8% in 2021, and there was an urban-rural divide according to new data released by the property website Daft.ie.

Less than a year after the IRA ceasefire in 1994, then-taoiseach John Bruton was concerned that Sinn Féin "hold all the cards" and that his government was becoming a hostage to Sinn Féin's line on the political process.

"Mind-boggling" and "rubbish": John Bruton didn't pull his punches when he heard about a plan to bring the North's political leaders on safari to South Africa.

There was really only one word that dominated the health service this year - Covid-19, writes Fergal Bowers.

Australia will seek to make urgent changes to Covid-19 testing rules to ease pressure on test sites, after infections surged and the country's most populous state reported a near doubling in daily cases.

John Bruton's election as taoiseach in December 1994 was the result of a series of unlikely events. The Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition had an unassailable majority in the Dáil, but the Government was undone by a collapse in trust between taoiseach Al...

Twenty years after arriving in Europeans' wallets, euro banknotes will get a new look with help from the public, a process officials hope will make citizens feel closer to the single currency.

Armed riot police in southern China have paraded four alleged violators of Covid rules through the streets, leading to criticism of the government's heavy-handed approach.

They thought they were plotting The Great Escape; but in reality, they were taking part in occupational therapy.

Ireland on the Box, a free exhibition celebrating six decades of television in Ireland, opens at the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar today ahead of RTÉ television turning 60 on New Year's Eve.

The British Government demand for IRA decommissioning before Sinn Féin could enter political talks was a major factor in the collapse of the ceasefire in early 1996 – and it was pointless, according to senior security sources.

2021 was a tough year for many businesses across the country, particularly non-essential retailers who were shut for almost five months of the year.

Politicians are no different to the rest of us. When they're under pressure, they can get grumpy; sometimes they bad mouth their enemies – or more often their colleagues; and they can say things in the heat of an argument that might be better left ...

Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to lead the upper chamber during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has died at the age of 82.

Hugh Annesley was worried. Speaking to an Irish diplomat in March 1996, the RUC chief constable predicted that the forthcoming marching season would be difficult, with no signs of compromise between the Orange Order and residents' groups, particularl...

Former RTÉ presenter and sports commentator Jim Sherwin has died aged 81, following a short illness, at home with his family.

The Department of Health has been notified of an additional 9,006 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Gardaí have appealed to road users to take greater care following a number of fatal and serious injury road traffic collisions during the Christmas holidays.