A woman who returned from Dubai ten days ago to support her mother after her father was diagnosed with cancer, has become the latest person to challenge the legality of her det ...

Gardaí working in the mandatory hotel quarantine system are to receive Covid-19 vaccinations. ...

One person was killed at a Knoxville, Tennessee high school on Monday and a police officer was wounded when police confronted an armed suspect. ...

Police in Knoxville, Tennessee said they were responding to reports of a shooting at a high school, with at least several victims. ...

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, will warn politicians tomorrow of the "considerable risk" of another wave of Covid infection if restrictions are eased too qui ...

An additional two walk-in Covid-19 testing centres for people who do not have symptoms of the virus will open in counties Westmeath and Cork. ...

Almost 200 Dutch tourists traded lockdown in the Netherlands for eight days of sunshine and relaxation in a Greek beach resort, as part of a test to see if safe holidays can be ...

The trustees of a CIÉ Group pension scheme which is hundreds of millions of euro in deficit are to ask the High Court for directions on how much the company must pay to plug th ...

The number of people due to receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week is down 15,776 on last week. ...

Retired nurse Philomena Lee has brought a High Court challenge aimed at quashing parts of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. ...

Concern has been raised over the cost of mandatory hotel quarantine for Erasmus students returning to Ireland. ...

Irish Erasmus students working in the five EU member states currently on the Government's mandatory hotel quarantine list may not have to pay for the service. ...

The private tenants group Threshold has asked the government to reconsider the lifting of the ban on evictions. ...

All-Ireland winner Seamus Darby was praised by a judge today for his generosity to a woman whose dangerous driving left the Offaly man with serious leg injuries. ...

The US judge presiding over the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd has denied a defence request to sequester the jury and said he ...

Lawyers for singer Dana Rosemary Scallon have said she has received a second six-figure sum in settlement of a defamation claim against the Sunday World newspaper. ...

Joseph Siravo, who played Tony Soprano's father Johnny in The Sopranos, has died. Siravo, who was 66, had been diagnosed with colon cancer. ...

There have been 394 new cases of Covid-19 notified to the Department of Health. No further deaths were reported. ...

Russian prison officials are threatening to start force-feeding jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, his team said, after he lost 8kg since starting a hunger strike. ...

A three-year-old girl who became anxious about Santa Claus not being able to come to her home after she had been involved in a car accident has been given a settlement of €25,0 ...

A three-year-old girl who became anxious about Santa Claus not being able to come to her home after she had been involved in a car accident has been given a settlement of €25,0 ...