Thousands of people in Sligo and Dublin will be chosen to be the first groups in the country to provide blood samples to find out if they were infected with Covid-19.
US President Donald Trump's incendiary responses to racial injustice protests and the coronavirus pandemic have left him politically isolated, raising alarm among many Republicans about the party's prospects in November's election.
Hong Kong police arrested 53 people during protests on Tuesday evening that saw hundreds of activists take to the streets, at times blocking roads in the heart of the global financial hub, before police fired pepper spray to disperse crowds.
Companies legally blocked from holding their AGMs remotely will be stuck in a Catch-22 until a new government is in place - or lockdown restrictions end.
Swathes of the hotel and restaurant industry will shut when the summer season ends unless the State underwrites loss-making business through autumn and winter, a senior adviser to the sector has warned.
JK Rowling has revealed she is a domestic abuse and sexual assault survivor in the wake of a row over her comments about transgender people.
Germany's foreign minister has expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, but he stopped short of threatening sanctions.
