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Payday lender Sunny has become the controversial sector's latest casualty as it collapsed on Monday as the coronavirus dealt a final blow to the already struggling company.

Ankara has strongly criticized Austria's handling of the protests in Vienna that resulted in clashes between Kurdish and Turkish people last week. The Foreign Ministry in Ankara will invite Austria's...

France's ex-prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife have been found guilty in a fraud trial.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda came top in the first round of the presidential election, the majority of results showed on Monday. He fell short of the overall majority needed to...

Nearly complete results in the first round of Poland's weekend presidential election show that the conservative incumbent, Andrzej Duda, won nearly 44% of the votes, putting him significantly ahead of...

Qatar aims to further ease coronavirus curbs from July 1, as infections have passed their peak and the rate was subsiding, authorities said. They will allow the limited reopening of...

Households' consumer credit borrowing shrunk by 3% annually in May, marking the weakest growth since records started in 1994, according to Bank of England figures.

One of the UK's largest private companies has struck a five billion dollar (£4 billion) deal to buy a wing of BP that had fallen out of favour at the...

After 16-year-old Stacie Stroud's prom was cancelled because of the coronavirus, a group of her neighbours and friends came together to organise a night she would not forget.

Beijing said on Monday it will impose visa restrictions on US individuals over Hong Kong, mirroring Washington's sanctions against unnamed Chinese officials deemed responsible for curbing freedoms in the city....

The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it...

The European Union will have a list of Covid-19-safe countries for travel purposes ready by Tuesday at the latest as the coronavirus pandemic wanes on most of the continent, according...

Mississippi lawmakers have voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South...

Governments were stepping up testing and warily considering their next moves on Monday as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases surges in many countries.

An unknown number of gunmen have attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in the southern port city of Karachi, police said.

Gunmen have attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least three people — two guards and a policeman, according to police.

Militants attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday, killing at least three people — two guards and a policeman, according to police.

South Korea has reported 42 new infections of Covid-19 as infections steadily climb in the greater capital area, forcing authorities to consider stronger social restrictions.

The hospitality industry is demanding a major extension of State-backed wage subsidies, a slashing of the Vat rate, and other financial supports as the Cabinet meets to start work on...

Britain's government is considering a lockdown for the central English city of Leicester amid a spike of Covid-19 cases - the first time that a single UK area would face...

Property prices have weathered the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic during the past three months.

Disposable hand towels, temperatures checks for staff and 15 minutes between bookings will form part of the "new norm" when Fire steakhouse and bar in Dublin re-opens its doors today...

Only a third of people feel in control of their mental health, research shows as the impact of Covid-19 is explored.

They may not have been working in hospitals or nursing homes, but thousands of everyday heroes made a difference to people's quality of life and wellbeing during the long lockdown.

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said Ireland should be "cautious" and should not be "turning on the taps of huge amounts of additional travel" such as foreign holidays.

There was something of a rush to predict a tumbling property market in the wake of Covid-19's arrival in Ireland through March and into April.

The Rolling Stones are threatening US President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives.

Nurses have told how they are now taking over the harrowing task from undertakers of ringing loved ones of patients who are near death from Covid-19 to ask what special...

An investigation team examining claims of alleged shortcomings in response to Covid-19 at a Dublin nursing home has asked to meet the whistleblower at the centre of the probe.

The day after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Joe Biden approached a microphone in Dublin and spoke in a sombre voice.

Worldwide confirmed coronavirus infections hit the 10 million mark yesterday as voters in Poland and France went to the polls for virus-delayed elections.

Cocooners should protect themselves from Covid-19 by avoiding pubs or restaurants opening today where the full two-metre physical distancing is not enforced.

The appointment of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's successor has been delayed by the Covid-19 crisis and won't be made until later in the year, priests in the diocese of Dublin have...

We are facing into a winter of price hikes with crèches, hairdressers, pubs, cafés, restaurants and hotels all expected to raise their fees.

US President Donald Trump yesterday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting "white power", a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet...

There was no colourful march down O'Connell Street yesterday, but the Dublin Pride Festival was celebrated online to raise awareness about discrimination faced by the LGBT community.

Frayed nerves and tantrums over the schoolwork - and that was just the parents. If there was a report on home-schooling, ours would read "Could do much better".

The 'Normal People' sketch with 'Fleabag' priest Andrew Scott was one of the highlights of last Friday's 'RTÉ Does Comic Relief', which raised more than €5m for charity.

JK Rowling said she has received more than 3,000 emails thanking her for voicing her concerns about transgender issues after detailing her experience with domestic abuse.

President Donald Trump has denied that he had been briefed on reported US intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops...