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BreastCheck, the national screening programme to detect breast cancer, may not return until October, it emerged today.

President Donald Trump has criticised local leaders in Kenosha during a trip to Wisconsin, as the US continues to struggle with racial tensions.

President Donald Trump stood at the epicentre of the latest eruption over racial injustice in Wisconsin, and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement.

The Department of Health has been notified of 217 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ireland, and no further deaths.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex marked the anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales' death by joining a gardening session with pre-school children.

The FTSE 100 slumped to a three-month low after it was dragged down by the pound's recent rally.

Rapper Kanye West has sued the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office after being told his bid to get on the ballot for US president came up short on qualified...

Marcus Rashford's proposals for a new taskforce to tackle hunger in children will be considered by Boris Johnson's Government, the Prime Minister's spokesman has said.

OUTRAGED residents of an Irish suburb revealed their community has endured 221 house parties within a 1km radius in 13 weeks during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

Passengers who have not been wearing a face mask while taking an Uber will now have to provide photographic proof they are wearing a face covering before boarding.

Tesla has announced plans to sell up to five billion dollars worth of common shares, a day after its five-for-one stock split took effect.

A “gorgeous” one-eyed cat has been adopted by a partially-sighted woman and her family.

One of Lebanon's most prominent philanthropists, Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane, has died from injuries she suffered in the massive August 4 explosion that ripped through Beirut.

Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it would stop Australians sharing news content on its platforms if a proposal to make it pay local media outlets for their content becomes law,...

County-wide restrictions do work and need to be implemented quickly, according to the chair of NPHET's Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group.

County-wide restrictions do work and need to be implemented quickly, according to the chair of NPHET's Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group.

American R&B singer Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion (€5 billion) project despite...

A school in Co Armagh has been forced to close a classroom after a pupil in its Primary 2/3 class tested positive for Covid-19.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong on charges of stock price manipulation and other financial crimes.

Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn have named their newborn daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran.

A surge in paying customers has enabled videoconferencing firm Zoom to hail another quarter of explosive growth.

Shares in Saga almost doubled in value on Tuesday morning, after the company confirmed reports that its former boss was returning, and bringing a £100 million investment to boot.

Poll workers in Belarus have made claims over vote-rigging in the August 9 election that kept the country's authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko in power.

Hong Kong has begun a voluntary mass-testing programme for coronavirus as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the city's third outbreak of the disease.

Advertisers dropped away even as STV said its audience had grown at record speed, as people stuck at home turned to their TVs and laptops for company in the first...

US president Donald Trump has refused to condemn the teenager accused of fatally shooting two people in Wisconsin, saying he “probably would have been killed” if he had not opened...

Hong Kong has begun a voluntary mass-testing programme for coronavirus as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the city's third outbreak of the disease.

Facebook wants to play a role in Ireland's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, senior executive Sheryl Sandberg has told the Taoiseach.

Student registration fees are 'too high' and will be looked at over the lifetime of the Government, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said.

Is six feet of separation enough of a physical distance to reduce the risk of catching Covid-19? Is it too far in some circumstances?

US President Donald Trump has amplified his call for federal forces to help subdue protests in American cities, denouncing local Democratic leaders and fanning partisan tensions a day after a...

I'm one of the sixth-year students from the graduating class of 2020, one of thousands receiving predicted grades in the coming weeks.

The risk of another national lockdown has receded as the spread of Covid-19 appears to be stabilising following a spike in daily infections.

The Porterhouse Group has recorded "a very minimal recovery" in its two Dublin city centre restaurant-bars because of the lack of tourist and commuter custom, even after reopening.

Over 8,000 passengers from the US arrived in Ireland in July, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

This pandemic has shone a light on areas of our economy and society that have been neglected in the past decade - weak links in the chain that damage our...

A crèche owner has warned parents are in the dark about the risk of Covid-19 infection because of staff test delays of almost a week.

I'm one of the sixth-year students from the graduating class of 2020, one of thousands receiving predicted grades in the coming weeks.

Education Minister Norma Foley has dropped the controversial use of schools' ­academic track record as a key decider in the process of awarding grades to the Leaving Cert class of...

I originally campaigned for predicted grades and I'm not normally a person who'd stand up like that but I just thought it was wrong that Leaving Cert students had so...