Hotel rooms and guest-house accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic is costing the State millions of euro, figures reveal.
July 31, 2020
Not even a global pandemic could stop the glamour of Ladies' Day at the Galway Races, with the high-style event proving a virtual hit.
July 31, 2020
Road safety chiefs have expressed horror at a 106pc hike in the number of motorists arrested for suspected drug-driving so far this year - with hundreds testing positive for drug...
July 31, 2020
A sudden spike in Covid-19 infections which has seen a single-day rise in 85 people found to have the virus has led to major fears about the start of a...
July 30, 2020
People from different households in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire will be banned from meeting each other indoors from midnight, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
July 30, 2020
IRELAND is one of the countries identified as most at risk from severe coastal flooding as climate change causes sea level rise and increasingly extreme weather.
July 30, 2020
A seven-year-old boy whose cat was killed by a car outside his home has been busy policing drivers by giving them a “stern glare”.
July 30, 2020
US President Donald Trump hopes to address the United Nations General Assembly in person in September, his UN envoy said on Thursday. All other world leaders are expected to send...
July 30, 2020
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday agreed to rehear arguments over whether the judge assigned to the criminal case against Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, must...
July 30, 2020
The Italian Senate voted on Thursday to lift right-wing leader Matteo Salvini's immunity. The move clears the way for possible charges against the former interior minister for refusing to allow...
July 30, 2020
A man who pleaded guilty to killing a beloved mountain gorilla in a popular national park has been sentenced to 11 years in prison over wildlife offences, the Uganda Wildlife...
July 30, 2020
A cathedral rooster with perfect comic timing is the latest churchyard animal to disrupt a recording of morning prayers.
July 30, 2020
Victoria state, seen as Australia's coronavirus hot spot will make wearing masks compulsory after reporting a record 723 new cases on Thursday. Masks have been compulsory for the past week...
July 30, 2020
The Italian Senate has voted to lift Matteo Salvini's immunity, clearing the way for possible charges against the country's former interior minister for refusing to allow 164 migrants to get...
July 30, 2020
John Lewis has been mourned, revered and celebrated at the church where Martin Luther King Jr used to be pastor in Atlanta, Georgia.
July 30, 2020
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan has voted against the Government on legislation only extending a rent freeze and eviction ban for those impacted by Covid-19.
July 30, 2020
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan resigned her party's whip before she voted against the Government on legislation which only extended rent freeze and eviction ban for those impacted by Covid-19.
July 30, 2020
Dire economic figures from the US wiped out July's gains across the global markets as traders were shaken by the record contraction.
July 30, 2020
The Gate Theatre in Dublin has announced that it will not reopen until 2021 and has postponed all of its productions for this year.
July 30, 2020
Libya's internationally recognized government in Tripoli will impose a full lockdown in areas of the country it controls. The statement on Thursday came after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases....
July 30, 2020
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has died, aged 74, of complications from coronavirus.
July 30, 2020
Norway will reimpose a 10-day quarantine requirement for people arriving from Belgium from August 1 after a rise in coronavirus cases there, the Foreign Ministry in Oslo said in a...
July 30, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for the 2020 US presidential election to be delayed despite its November date being enshrined in the US Constitution.
July 30, 2020
The US economy shrank at a dizzying 32.9% annual rate in the second quarter – by far the worst quarterly plunge ever.
July 30, 2020
Two “beautiful” great green macaw chicks have been bred and reared at Chester Zoo for the first time.
July 30, 2020
Poland's prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said he is asking his country's top constitutional court to study Europe's Istanbul Convention against domestic violence before his government decides whether to exit...
July 30, 2020
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ratified a law banning active and former military personnel from running for the presidency or parliament without the army's approval. The legislative changes approved...
July 30, 2020
Travel company TUI says it's shutting a third of shops across the UK and Ireland – including potentially four Irish outlets.
July 30, 2020
TUI travel said that they are unsure how many of their ten Irish outlets will be affected as they prepare to close 166 stores across Ireland and the UK.
July 30, 2020
Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui, who oversaw the island's transition to full democracy, has died aged 97, according to local media reports.
July 30, 2020
China's ambassador to London said on Thursday that the United States was trying to trigger a new Cold War with Beijing because it was searching for a scapegoat ahead of...
July 30, 2020
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said that he wanted to avoid another lockdown in Poland, adding that Warsaw will use new methods to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The...
July 30, 2020
Nasa's new car-sized robotic spacecraft is on its way to Mars in a mission to search for evidence of ancient life.
July 30, 2020
Nasa's new car-sized robotic spacecraft is on its way to Mars in a mission to search for evidence of ancient life.
July 30, 2020
An animal charity has shared pictures of a 24lb (11kg) cat to warn owners of the dangers of overfeeding their pets.
July 30, 2020
Lawmakers expect to question US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on dealings with China, Russia and the decision to move troops out of Germany when he offers rare public testimony...
July 30, 2020
A rare red panda has been born at a Berlin zoo, only a few months after its parents were brought to the German capital from India.
July 30, 2020
Personal insolvencies jumped by 7% during the second quarter of 2020, according to new data.
July 30, 2020
Madrid is trying to persuade the British government to put some Spanish regions on its safe travel list. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya says the UK decision last weekend...
July 30, 2020
Volkswagen has recorded an after-tax loss of 1.54 billion euro (£1.39 billion) in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down factories and closed dealerships.
