Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly will seek the Government's approval for a new public-only consultant contract at Cabinet this morning.

The Chief Medical Officer has said that investigations are ongoing to ascertain whether Strep A was a factor in the death of a four-year-old child.

Properties advertised for short-term letting through online platforms will be required to have a valid registration number with Fáilte Ireland, under plans Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin will bring to Cabinet today.

Ireland is in danger of missing future EU municipal waste and plastic recycling targets, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

US President Joe Biden celebrated the strengthening of his party's majority in the Senate after Democrat Raphael Warnock was declared the winner of a run-off election in Georgia.

For the first time in Europe, scientists have discovered the ancestor of the yeast species necessary for the production of lager beer.

German police launched nationwide raids today and made 25 arrests against members of a far-right "terror group" suspected of planning an attack on parliament, federal prosecutors said.

Motorists are being urged to take care as temperatures are set to plummet further with Met Éireann warning of hazardous conditions and the potential for back ice and freezing rain on surfaces.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called on a number of local authorities to prepare and implement an Equality and Action Plan on the provision of Traveller accommodation and services.

A proposal to suspend career breaks in order to address the shortage of teachers is "another cosmetic measure floated by the minister", according to the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland.

China has announced a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms.

A New Zealand court has taken temporary custody of a sick infant whose parents blocked life-saving heart surgery because potential blood donors may be vaccinated against Covid-19.

You can manipulate your clothing, activities and food to keep your body feeling warm

ICTU is expected to tell the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection today that the Government's new auto-enrolment pension scheme should include young and low-paid employees as well as sole traders.

People aged 75 and over are nearly three times as likely to hold ageist opinions than those aged 55-64 years, according to a survey commissioned by Age Action.

Renewals of 'Safe Pass' cards for construction workers will be available online in the New Year resulting in faster processing times and lower costs.

More than half of private tenants who contacted Threshold last year were at risk of entering homelessness, according to the housing charity's latest annual report.

Donald Trump's real estate company has been convicted of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former US president as he campaigns for the office again in 2024.

The Health Service Executive is investigating the death of a four-year-old child which may be linked to the bacterial infection known as Strep A.

Gardaí believe the murder of a man outside his home in west Dublin last night is drugs related.