Newly elected Taoiseach Micheal Martin vowed to act with "urgency and ambition" in the face of the "fastest moving recession to ever hit our country" as the new Government took shape last night.
This month 72 years ago, Lyndon B Johnson was in a fight for his political life.
As the impact of Covid-19 continues to rampage through the sports industry, restructuring and new investment will be essential to achieving a sustainable and profitable future. Sports bodies, events and leagues' own unique assets will be of considerable attraction to investors, from control of sporting calendars, regulations and commercial rights, to valuable heritage brands.
Just like the rest of Europe, Spain has been enormously impacted by the global Covid-19 pandemic and, while major challenges remain, restrictions have begun to be lifted and businesses are easing towards a new normality.
Every August bank holiday weekend since 2010, a field on the outskirts of the sleepy Co Cork town of Mitchelstown has sparked into life.
Covid-19 has forced us to grapple with financial issues we have never encountered before and insurance was one of the first of these.
A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan, including US and British troops, in a striking escalation of the Kremlin's hostility toward the United States, American intelligence has found.