The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) may be extended beyond its end date of next April, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has suggested.
Two scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry yesterday for creating genetic 'scissors' that can rewrite the code of life, contributing to new cancer therapies and holding out the prospect of curing hereditary diseases.
Ireland may be heading for a "doomsday" Covid-19 crisis level again unless a dramatic turnaround is made to halt the rapid deterioration towards more illness, hospitalisations and deaths, it emerged last night.
US vice-president Mike Pence and Democratic rival Kamala Harris were preparing to face off last night in their only debate as President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis and the pandemic continue to disrupt the presidential contest.
Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan warned the Government of his concerns about the rise in Covid-19 cases before public officials held an emergency meeting to discuss a national lockdown.
In a landmark trial reckoning with the extreme far right, a Greek court has found Golden Dawn party leaders and lawmakers guilty of running a criminal organisation - an extraordinary rebuke of a party that had once clawed into the country's mainstream.
The Government has been criticised for failing to bring in a Covid-19 testing system for international travel despite the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) saying it has teams "ready to go".
