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The owners of a popular restaurant have pleaded with other businesses to take every precaution to prevent the spread of Covid-19 after nine workers tested positive.

Shortly before President Donald Trump took the stage in Henderson, Nevada, for his first indoor rally in months, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak blasted the president for flouting the state's coronavirus...

It's a scorcher of a day on Dún Laoghaire's main shopping street and enquiries about Christmas gifts are already starting to build. However, even Santa Claus himself might be surprised...

The head of the World Health Organisation has warned that Europe is "not out of the woods" as it recorded a huge rise in the number of coronavirus cases over...

RTÉ'S Jennifer Zamparelli has sparked controversy after appealing for people with "strong opinions" on wearing or not wearing masks to get in touch with her radio show.

One hundred people will be allowed to attend weddings under new Covid-19 rules due to be introduced by the Government.

Boris Johnson's controversial plan to override key elements of the Brexit deal he signed with Brussels has cleared its first Commons hurdle despite deep misgivings by some senior Tories.

Louisiana and Mississippi residents were under evacuation orders on Monday as Hurricane Sally churned across the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening to a hurricane ahead of expected landfall on Tuesday, the...

A cafe owner has put up a poster saying customers wearing masks would be banned from entering his premises.

Pubs that do no serve food will not be permitted to open as planned in Dublin next week.

Hurricane Paulette has knocked down trees and power lines across Bermuda as it made a rare landfall in the wealthy British territory and strengthened into a Category 2 storm while...

Hurricane Sally, one of five storms lined up across the Atlantic, is churning towards the Louisiana-Mississippi coast with rapidly strengthening winds of at least 90mph and the potential for as...

DEPARTMENT of Finance officials have warned that reducing the VAT rate for tourism and hospitality businesses may not be the "most appropriate" way to help the sector.

Federal US authorities are investigating the death of a black man during what Louisiana State Police described as a struggle to take him into custody following a chase last year,...

Car maker Daimler and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay 1.5 billion dollars (£1.17 billion) to the US government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations, officials...

There have been no further deaths and 208 new cases associated with the coronavirus in Ireland.

The length of time people who test positive for Covid-19 has been reduced to ten from fourteen days.

Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl has written a superhero theme song for a young British drummer whose online performances have made her a star on social media.

As many as 244 patients with suspected lung cancer symptoms may not have gone to their GP and were not referred to specialist cancer clinics during the height of the...

It's the ultimate nightmare - a major outbreak of flu in the months ahead as we also struggle with a potential resurgence of Covid-19.

The Government is finalising its medium-term plan for living with Covid-19.

European markets remained unmoved by Monday's events, as a strong pound did not do enough to put a serious dent in the FTSE 100.

TÁNAISTE Leo Varadkar has said that if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposed legislation that breaches the Brexit deal with the EU is a negotiating tactic, it has "backfired".

Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth's inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a $1.5bn (€1.2bn) loan on Belarus on Monday in a gesture of support for its leader Alexander Lukashenko, who flew to entreat his patron for...

The owners of a popular Co Donegal restaurant have pleaded with other businesses to take Covid seriously after nine members of staff tested positive for the disease.

An antibody treatment that could lessen the impact of coronavirus is to be trialled on patients in UK hospitals.

Only around two pension fraud cases per month were passed to police forces to investigate last year typically, despite nearly 400 reports being made to Action Fraud, figures show.

Debbie and Declan Connolly were among the first people in Ireland to get coronavirus back in March after a trip to Munich.

Debbie and Declan Connolly were among the first people in Ireland to get coronavirus back in March after a trip to Munich.

TÁNAISTE Leo Varadkar has said there's "growing confidence" that a Covid-19 vaccine will be available in the first half of next year.

TÁNAISTE Leo Varadkar has said there's "growing confidence" that a Covid-19 vaccine will be available in the first half of next year.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney has admitted trust in the UK government is now a huge problem after they announced their intention to renege on the Withdrawal Agreement recently.

Banks considering closing branches or ATMs will need to tell the City regulator before any final decision is made, so that it can monitor whether customers are being treated fairly.

Six European Union countries and the bloc's executive commission have started testing a virtual “gateway” to ensure national coronavirus tracing apps can work across borders.

Independent News & Media (INM) owner Mediahuis has agreed a deal to takeover Dutch media group NDC Mediagroep, the biggest regional news publisher in the northern Netherland.

Mortgage borrowers who continue to face payment difficulties due to the impact of coronavirus will be able to get further support tailored to their needs in the coming months, the...

Tory former prime minister David Cameron has joined forces with other ex-premiers in expressing “misgivings” about overriding the Brexit divorce deal.

Telecoms giant Vodafone Group has said it is in talks to complete the sale of its majority stake in Vodafone Egypt for 2.4 billion US dollars (£1.9 billion).

The German government has said specialist laboratories in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.