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Online fashion firm Boohoo has raised its full-year sales outlook after posting a 51% hike in first-half profits amid a furore over allegations of low pay and poor working conditions...

President Donald Trump and Joe Biden took part in their first of three one-one-one debates of the 2020 general election Tuesday night in Cleveland. Here are the key takeaways.

In the contentious first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden, Trump repeatedly relied on troublesome and false information that has been debunked throughout his...

Celebrities criticised Donald Trump for apparently failing to condemn white supremacy during the rancorous TV debate with his presidential rival Joe Biden.

It has been described as 'chaotic', a 'shambles' and a 'sh*tshow' - here are the stand out quotes from the first Us Presidential election debate.

A fantasy football manager has spent a day as a human trophy in a creative forfeit for losing in a league with his friends.

The average UK house price has hit a new record in September, pushing over £225,000 for the first time, according to an index.

A sitting President of the United States versus a preceding Vice-President should have made for a substantial policy discussion.

A sitting President of the United States versus a preceding Vice-President should have made for a substantial policy discussion.

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump's record on the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare and the economy in a chaotic and bad-tempered first debate marked by...

US president Donald Trump denied a report suggesting he only paid 750 dollars in personal income taxes, telling a debate his bill was in the “millions”.

Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Joe Biden went head-to-head for the first of three debates, with a stark difference in style and substance between the pair.

Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Joe Biden went head-to-head for the first of three debates, with a stark difference in style and substance between the pair.

A minority of Cork residents have been accused of partying their city into Ireland's third major localised Covid-19 lockdown.

Nursing homes are to be given a €30m Government winter funding injection in a bid to prevent another wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping through hundreds of elderly people as the...

NUI Galway students who breach public health guidelines face expulsion from the university.

The global coronavirus death toll passed a million yesterday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim statistic in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy, overloaded health systems and...

Theatre may have been in short supply in recent weeks, but all around the country the same drama was playing out in county towns and council chambers.

The Covid pandemic is likely to mean less investment in new housing by developers but also skew demand away from urban apartments as remote workers eye houses on bigger plots,...

Struggling home-owners will get no respite from the property tax after the majority of councils voted to maintain or increase existing rates.

Hotels have pleaded for an emergency Government support package after warning tough new Covid-19 control measures have seen winter occupancy rates collapse to below 9pc in some areas.

An expectant mother says she is "ridiculously anxious" at the thought of giving birth with the current Covid-19 restrictions.

Meghan Markle has lost the latest skirmish in her privacy lawsuit against a tabloid newspaper, after London's High Court ruled the paper could amend its case to include details from...

The hit to the overall economy from the Covid-19 pandemic will not be as bad as previously estimated - but those effects combined with a disorderly Brexit will have a...

A Co Louth hotel owner who refused diners with an eircode in locked-down Dublin last week says he was taken aback at being slated for trying to adhere to Government...

The people of Cork and Galway will be in trepidation tomorrow that one or both of their cities could potentially suffer the first city lockdowns in a bid to contain...

Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden squared off early this morning in the first of three scheduled pre-election debates - an encounter which was expected to showcase...

Armenia has claimed one of its warplanes was shot down by a fighter jet from Azerbaijan's ally Turkey, killing the pilot, in fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Germany's Europe Minister Michael Roth has said the UK's Internal Market Bill is "casting a dark shadow" over Brexit negotiations.

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden attacked and interrupted each other during the first 2020 presidential debate as they discussed the coronavirus pandemic, job losses and...

Jamie Laing has said is “proud” that a company he founded has raised more than £83,000 for a charity for NHS workers.

A huge art installation featuring 10,000 birds hand-painted with images and memories of lockdown is to take over the lawns of a stately home as the vast mansion reopens its...

The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, which would give the Government the power to override the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, has cleared the Commons after MPs gave it a...

The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, which would give the Government the power to override the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, has cleared the Commons after MPs gave it a...

Six endangered species of shark have been born at the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, in what could be a “vital lifeline” for the species.

A couple murdered an Irish dancer and poisoned another man with a drug known as "devil's breath" before using their bank cards to go on a spending spree, a court...

Firefighters in Northern California on Tuesday struggled to make headway against two wildfires, one of them threatening wineries and towns in the Napa Valley, and a second that killed three...

A small air leak at the International Space Station has finally been traced to the Russian side, following a middle-of-the-night search by astronauts.

Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Luke Combs and leading nominee Post Malone will perform at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Luke Combs and leading nominee Post Malone will perform at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.