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New US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has said he has no plans to restore mailboxes or address other agency cuts made since he took over in June before the country's...

Three telephone calls sealed Dara Calleary's fate and ended his short lived career as a Cabinet minister.

The news reports speed by as I watch: small children, their little faces injured from the flying glass. Tiny heads bandaged, and bulging dressings around ears, because fragile eardrums have...

The news reports speed by as I watch: small children, their little faces injured from the flying glass. Tiny heads bandaged, and bulging dressings around ears, because fragile eardrums have...

A plane carrying Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning, touched down in Berlin early on Saturday.

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning, has arrived in Berlin for treatment by specialists at the German capital's main hospital.

Lightning-sparked wildfires in Northern California spread on Friday to become some of the largest in the state's history.

The mood was grim in Kildare last night as businesses braced themselves for another lockdown.

Vice president Mike Pence has launched the Republican counter-attack to the criticism that President Donald Trump received at the Democrats' nominating convention this week, countering that a Joe Biden presidency...

A man who lost his father to Covid-19 at the height of the pandemic has hit out at attendees of the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner.

Public health doctors are increasingly trying to hunt down Covid-19 in hidden places across the country.

Ronan Glynn was nervous. It was the start of April, Ireland was in a state of anguish and anxiety over Covid-19.

Gardaí will interview the organisers of this week's Oireachtas Golf Society dinner, which took place at a Galway hotel, as part of their investigation into alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations.

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan was based in Kildare after returning to Ireland from his EU base - but left the county for a medical appointment and didn't return.

At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students or teachers are infected with coronavirus - less than two weeks after they reopened in the German capital.

Politicians attending the Clifden golf dinner complained about the dividing partition - that they couldn't see the speakers or properly hear what was being said, the Irish Independent can reveal.

Kildare's local lockdown has been extended by two weeks while tight restrictions have been lifted in Offaly and Laois, the Cabinet announced amid calls for more support for impacted businesses.

Parents will be paid up to €25.50 a week to drive teenage children to and from school if they can't get a socially distanced seat on the school bus.

The mood was grim in Kildare last night as businesses braced themselves for another lockdown.

The Taoiseach and Tanaiste have heaped pressure on EU Commissioner Phil Hogan to account for his decision to attend an Oireachtas Golf Society dinner which breached of Covid-19 guidelines.

Supreme Court Judge Séamus Woulfe is coming under significant political pressure to step down from his position after he attended the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner that was in breach of...

Ronan Glynn was nervous. It was the start of April, Ireland was in a state of anguish and anxiety over Covid-19.

Children who only have a runny nose and sneezing will still be able to attend school once the country's classrooms reopen, under new guidance as pupils return to school.

The number of proposed redundancies reported to the Government soared up to 11 times higher than last year in the months since the pandemic struck.

After three nights of searing criticism aimed at President Donald Trump and numerous testimonials about his personal character, Joe Biden took centre stage at his Democratic National Convention on Thursday...

A plane carrying a Russian dissident in a coma after a suspected poisoning left for a German hospital on Saturday after prolonged wrangling over Alexei Navalny's condition and treatment.

Basketball star Lebron James has responded to President Donald Trump's attack on Goodyear tyres – the most iconic company of his hometown Akron, Ohio – offering a shout-out of solidarity...

The White House was a scene of mourning as President Donald Trump and his family held a private memorial service for the president's younger brother, Robert, who died last week...

Transmission of Covid-19 from children or adults to other people in Rhode Island childcare programs occurred on only a limited basis, a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

Three telephone calls sealed Darragh Calleary's fate and ended his short lived career as a Cabinet minister.

A former California police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer told victims he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for a decade-long string...

A 11-year-old boy practising ballet barefoot in the drizzling rain in Nigeria has seen his performance unexpectedly go around the world.

The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly...

Full House actress Lori Loughlin must serve two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, must serve five months for paying half a million dollars in bribes...

President Donald Trump said that where Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sees “American darkness”, he sees “American greatness”.

Shannon Airport has confirmed that Delta Air Lines will not resume its seasonal services to New York next year.

With Joe Biden securing formal nomination as his party's presidential candidate this week, he became the latest in a parade of Democratic vice-presidents to seek America's ultimate political prize.

There have been no further deaths and 79 new coronavirus cases in Ireland, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is reporting this evening.

A former California police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer told victims he was “truly sorry” before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for a decade-long string...

The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus crisis can be over in less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.