The Chief Medical Officer has told the Oireachtas Committee on Health that the current Covid-19 outlook in Ireland is broadly positive.

Gardaí are investigating over 60 incidents of overhead cable thefts, predominately in counties Monaghan, Cavan, Louth and Meath, in the last six months.

The qualifying age for the State Pension should remain at age 66, the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection has recommended.

Frustrated passport applicants are turning to their local TDs in an attempt to get their travel documentation quicker.

We all know we need a greater supply of housing in Ireland. But some experts believe the Government should also be trying to bring property values down, explains Louise Byrne.

Airspace restrictions which had been put in place to facilitate planned Russian military drills have now been cancelled, the Oireachtas Committee on Transport will be told later today.

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her role as presenter of US talk show The View for two weeks following her "wrong and hurtful comments" about the Holocaust.

Meet the Huns of Anarchy - a roller skating group in Dublin that was created to provide a safe and friendly space for women to skate.

Senior Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood has said he would submit a letter of no confidence in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Mexico are playing World Cup qualifiers in front of a limited number of tightly controlled fans as part of efforts to stamp out an anti-gay slur in the football-loving nation.

A man interrupted Pope Francis' general audience at the Vatican, shouting "this is not the church of God" in English and waving a medical mask he had removed from his face before being taken away by police.

France has begun lifting coronavirus restrictions including mandatory outdoor mask-wearing in a bid to ease citizens' daily lives, dividing opinion as the country only last month reported record Covid-19 infections.

Two out-of-control bushfires threatened lives and homes in Western Australia, with blistering temperatures set to intensify in the coming days.

Some public universities opened in Afghanistan today for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August, with a trickle of women attending classes that officials said would be segregated by sex.

Minister for Education Norma Foley has confirmed that this year's Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate will be held as exams only.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he hoped that Moscow and the West could find a solution to the raging security crisis over Ukraine, but also accused Washington of using Kyiv as a "tool" against Russia.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under renewed pressure over lockdown parties in Downing Street, amid reports he attended more gatherings under investigation by the police.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in jail after pleading guilty to 11 charges arising out of an incident described as being like "a rampage from the Wild West".