The UK government is facing the threat of legal action and criticism from its own MPs after it sparked anger by mishandling English exam grades during the pandemic.
The calculated grading system being used for this year's Leaving Certificate has been designed to ensure that overall girls will do better than boys.
Ireland's multi-million euro cruise-liner industry may not recover from the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic for three or four years.
The head of Germany's largest trade union has proposed a four-day week to protect jobs threatened by digitalisation and the coronavirus-induced economic slump.
The chairman of the Dáil's coronavirus committee has denounced Covid-19 "hysteria" and defended the decision of former Fáilte Ireland chairman Michael Cawley to go on a family holiday to Italy.
The Department of Justice has been alerted after leaflets spreading conspiracy theories about Covid-19 were handed out at a temporary direct provision centre in Wicklow.
The aviation industry is staring into a winter of devastation but the answer could lie in colder climes.
