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Retirement home developer and operator McCarthy & Stone said it will resume construction on its sites and reopen sales offices next week after seeing lower than average coronavirus cases across...

Ties between the Taliban, especially its Haqqani Network branch, and Al-Qaeda remain close, despite a US-Taliban pact Washington hoped would sever them, independent UN sanctions monitors said. “The Taliban regularly...

The number of mortgage approvals made to home buyers slumped to a record low in April as the housing market was held at a near-standstill, Bank of England figures show.

Australia will accept an invitation to attend a Group of Seven (G7) nations meeting, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Last week, Trump said...

The doors of the National Gallery are shut – but audiences are being invited to “step inside” colour palettes instead.

The Czech Republic will open up foreign travel from June 15. It also plans to introduce a system to classify other countries according to their coronavirus risk. Prague will place...

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President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to use the U.S. military to halt protests over the death of a black man in police custody, before law enforcement officers fired rubber...

South American countries at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic are choosing to reopen even as case numbers rise, ignoring the example set by Europe nations who waited for the...

Retailer Card Factory said online sales at its main website have more than quadrupled since the start of the coronavirus lockdown as it confirmed plans to reopen 10% of its...

More than £4,000 was wiped off the average house price in May, marking the biggest monthly fall in property values in 11 years, according to an index.

Three in four Irish people are concerned about resuming normal activities such as going to the cinema or taking public transport, according to a survey.

Eileen Rushe, who celebrates the first anniversary of being cancer free this week, is thankful to screening for detecting the disease.

We need to talk - some more - about face coverings.

This is a tale of two fashion queens on very different roadmaps to reopening their businesses.

Dublin Zoo will reopen today to a "new chapter of history" under strict social distancing and health and safety protocols.

More than 100 men are missing and dozens feared dead after soldiers in Niger allegedly went on a rampage to avenge a spate of jihadist attacks.

Eileen Rushe, who celebrates the first anniversary of being cancer free this week, is thankful to screening for detecting the disease.

Wildlife advocates are pushing drugmakers to curb the use of horseshoe crab blood for medical safety tests - including those needed before a Covid-19 vaccine can be used on humans...

The campaign to reduce the anti-Covid physical distancing rule from two metres to one metre was delivered a new setback with a major study showing the wider gap lessens the...

More than 500 land-based vertebrate species are on the brink of extinction in the next two decades as a result of human activities, scientists have warned.

George Floyd's brother pleaded for peace in the streets yesterday as US cities brace for more violence amid a coast-to-coast outpouring of rage over police killings of black people.

At a moment when America has devolved into a kind of chaos most of us have never seen or even contemplated, it's almost impossible to imagine a president less equipped...

Around 1,000 people took part in a 'Black Lives Matter' solidarity protest in Dublin yesterday.

Irish people are among those permitted to travel to Greece "without quarantine", its tourism minister confirmed yesterday amid a Europe-wide scramble to salvage the crucial summer holiday season.

Growing numbers of people are at risk of delayed cancer diagnosis as hospital rapid access lung and prostate clinics suffer a big fall-off in patients referred for tests by their...

This is a tale of two fashion queens on very different roadmaps to reopening their businesses.

Irish people are among those permitted to travel to Greece "without quarantine", its tourism minister confirmed yesterday amid a Europe-wide scramble to salvage the crucial summer holiday season.

The HSE failed to meet key national targets for treating breast cancer patients last year and then sought to reduce them for 2020, documents reveal.

There has been a surge of interest from people looking to release equity on their homes when they switch mortgage.

It's quiet in the 3Arena. There's not a sound coming out of Vicar Street. Dolan's Warehouse is silent. The Marquee in Cork is idle.

It's quiet in the 3Arena. There's not a sound coming out of Vicar Street. Dolan's Warehouse is silent. The Marquee in Cork is idle.

Irish Water is warning a water conservation hosepipe ban is increasingly likely as the warm weather causes drought conditions, threatening supplies nationally.

The Irish Independent Frontline Star of the Week award aims to recognise and celebrate the ordinary heroes who have kept the country going during the Covid-19 crisis.

Mary Robinson has said coronavirus has made her optimistic that we can tackle climate change.

Facebook employees are using Twitter to register their frustration over chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision to leave up posts by Donald Trump that suggested protesters in the US could be...

World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised at a briefing on Monday the United States' “immense” contribution to global health. He also urged a continuation of good ties...

Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin to tell him about his proposal to convene an international summit that would involve Russia, the Kremlin said.

Rain from Tropical Storm Amanda has left at least 17 people dead and seven missing while causing extensive damage across El Salvador and Guatemala that pushed thousands of people into...