Viewers of the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris were distracted as a fly took centre stage in Utah.
A point of no recovery may be reached if countries such as Ireland fail to act on the climate crisis, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned.
Chief medical officer Tony Holohan presented his usual unruffled, if on this occasion more nervous, front at his first Covid-19 media briefing in months.
The Bubonic Plague, otherwise known as the Black Death, was probably the greatest catastrophe in history, killing up to 200 million people in the 14th century.
President Donald Trump last night credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from Covid-19 and said he wanted other sufferers to get the same treatment for free.
The risk of developing melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, can be estimated long before detection of any suspicious moles, new research suggests.
A major increase to the weekly fuel allowance is expected in the Budget to offset the cost of increased carbon taxes on heating bills while more people are forced to stay at home.
