Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said he is restricting his movements as he was a close contact of a confirmed Covid-19 case. ...

Rescuers are trying to free a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded off the Australian island of Tasmania. But what is known about whales beaching and how are they rescued? ...

Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria is considering easing curbs sooner than previously flagged, the state's premier said, as the two-week average of new infections in t ...

A Swedish expert will today tell the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that controlled spread of the coronavirus should be allowed among people aged under 60. ...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after 32 days. ...

A cycling lobbying group is hosting an online webinar later today to look at the challenges facing cyclists in rural Ireland and to campaign for better facilities going forward ...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the US Supreme Court in Washington today with large crowds expected to gather for a public viewing. ...

With US coronavirus deaths officially passing 200,000, journalist and author Bob Woodward has told RTÉ News that he views Donald Trump's handling of the crisis as shocking, tra ...

With US coronavirus deaths officially passing 200,000, journalist and author Bob Woodward has told RTÉ News that he views Donald Trump's handling of the crisis as shocking, tra ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have carried out an 'avoidance manouevre' to ensure they would not be hit by a piece of orbiting debris. ...

Rescuers said that 380 pilot whales that became stranded in a remote southern Australian harbour have died, despite a major effort to save them. ...

Rescuers trying to refloat a pod of stranded whales in a remote Australian harbour say they have found another 200, taking to 470 the total number that have become stuck. ...

At least 380 whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia, according to officials, with rescuers managing to free just a few dozen survivors. ...

The UK minister responsible for no-deal planning has written to logistics groups with the government's "reasonable worst-case scenario" planning, which warns of possible two-da ...

An academic think tank in the UK has warned that failure to reach an agreement with the EU in post-Brexit trade talks could hit Britain's economy three times harder in the long ...

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has withdrawn from the Low Pay Commission - throwing the Government-established body's future into doubt. ...

A survey of the Traveller and Roma communities across six European countries shows that two-thirds of Irish travellers feel discriminated against because of their ethnicity. ...

A survey of the Traveller and Roma communities across six European countries shows that two-thirds of Irish Travellers feel discriminated against because of their ethnicity. ...

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has warned that Covid-19 is spreading disproportionately among younger people. ...

The European Commission will today propose an overhaul of the EU's migration policy, which has been in limbo since the huge wave of migration from the Middle East and Africa in ...

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has warned that Covid-19 is spreading disproportionately among younger people. ...