The negative impacts of school closures on children are wider and deeper than missing a few weeks of classes, the Government Rapporteur on Child Protection has warned.

Conservationist Richard Leakey, who spearheaded campaigns against the ivory trade to save the dwindling African elephant population, has died, the Kenyan presidency said on Sunday. He was 77.

A huge fire that destroyed a large part of South Africa's parliament has been brought under control, firefighters said today, a day before a suspect was due to appear in court over the blaze.

The Irish wind farm industry has said changes to the national grid and the planning process are required if Ireland is to meet the Government's renewable energy targets.

Aoife Beary, one of the survivors of the 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse tragedy in the US, has died aged 27.

The Government will consider reducing the self-isolation period from 10 to five days for some who test positive for Covid-19, according to the Green Party leader.

There has been an increase in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospital, however case numbers in intensive care units remain stable, while 17,071 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by the Department of Health.

The Government decision to introduce minimum unit pricing on alcohol this week has been welcomed by Alcohol Action Ireland.

A massive fire in South Africa's houses of parliament in Cape Town has burned down the entire National Assembly where parliamentarians sit, a spokesperson said this afternoon.

A book of photographs containing iconic images of The Troubles has been compiled by the family of a former press photographer.

Men's Aid has reported a 30% increase in demand on its domestic violence support services in 2021 compared to 2020.

Israel will offer a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to people over 60 and to medical staff,Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced this evening.

In 2021, while most of the world struggled to contain the virus, China kept its borders sealed, stamped out outbreaks with ruthless efficiency and in its zero-Covid bubble, set about turbo charging internal reforms.

Riot police with batons and shields tried to break up a crowd of several thousand who had gathered in the Dutch capital to protest against Covid-19 lockdown measures and vaccinations.

A record number of women are due to make up the next Dutch government after the incoming coalition published its list of ministers and secretaries of state today.

The DUP has said there will be "major implications" at Stormont if Britain's foreign minister fails to swiftly set a formal deadline to end negotiations with Brussels over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

My father worked with stone. He had an array of hammers and chisels that he used to put shape on a mound of old sandstone drawn from the ruins of my grandfather's house, my father's homeplace.

The United States has announced that it has excluded Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from a US-Africa trade agreement

A large European Union flag attached to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday to mark the start of France's six-month presidency of the bloc was removed today after it drew outrage from far-right and right-wing leaders.

A man in his 20s has died following a collision in Co Longford.