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The word of the week is 'guidance'. Rules, restrictions, recommendations and even laws have been thrown out and replaced with 'guidance'.

An 80pc-plus surge in bicycle sales sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown has left bike shops struggling to secure supplies.

BBC journalist Emily Maitlis breached impartiality guidelines when she opened 'Newsnight' by stating that Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown rules and made the British public feel like fools, the BBC...

Barely 16,000 people entered Ireland by air or sea during the entire month of April - well below 1pc of the normal flow of travellers.

Angela Merkel has been largely sidelined from discussions on ending the lockdown after regional governments vowed to go their own way.

Patients undergoing planned surgery are now having to self-isolate for a week to 14 days as part of the "new normal" in hospitals due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

US President Donald Trump last night threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shut-down after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets.

A large black Nissan Navara pick-up pulls up on the street outside my house. Two men in surgical masks jump out and pop open the boot to reveal a keg...

A cuckoo has completed one of the longest migrations recorded by any land bird after flying more than 12,000km from southern Africa to its birthplace and breeding grounds in Mongolia.

Detailed planning for the reopening of schools in September is under way, with separate discussions covering the primary and post-primary sectors.

Spanish archaeologists searching for the remains of Red Hugh O'Donnell thought they had finally found him after they unearthed a "big and strong man" in his believed resting place.

As the sun-drenched bank holiday weekend approaches, there are mixed feelings about the possibility of an influx of visitors to coastal areas.

New data shows that 140,000 payment breaks have been issued by lenders.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is reviewing the system of travel expenses for TDs amid the ongoing coronavirus restrictions on Dáil business.

The country's leading economic think tank has called on the Government to maintain the €350-a-week Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and warned that moves to taper it prematurely would damage the...

Don't do it - that's the advice given by gardaí to anyone thinking of driving to a holiday home outside their 5km limit over the bank holiday weekend.

Health chiefs are ruling out giving the go-ahead to non-essential holiday travel abroad from July 1, dashing the hopes of people who were hoping for a mid-summer getaway.

Ireland is set to get €2bn in EU coronavirus recovery grants under new plans - but funds could come with tougher rules on company tax which have long been resisted...

Shopping by appointment, clothes going into quarantine and personal shoppers going out to your home with garments for you to try on.

Police in France and Belgium have arrested 26 suspects as part of an investigation into human trafficking across Europe that was prompted by the discovery of 39 bodies in a...

The ownership of many of the country's private nursing homes has changed, with more now taken over by large-scale companies, it was confirmed yesterday.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 US jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry, with more cuts expected.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to regulate or shut down social media companies for stifling conservative voices, a day after Twitter attached a warning to some of his...

Emily Maitlis will not present Wednesday's episode of Newsnight after the BBC ruled the programme breached impartiality rules over its coverage of the Dominic Cummings lockdown row.

Spanish archaeologists searching for the remains of Red Hugh O'Donnell thought they had finally found him after they unearthed a “big and strong man” in his believed resting place.

Bad weather has prevented the first launch of Nasa astronauts from US soil in nine years, with the SpaceX capsule now due to attempt lift-off on Saturday.

A SENIOR Fianna Fáil TD has urged the government to speed up the lifting of the coronavirus lock-down while raising concern that too much responsibility has been "casually delegated" to...

Nasa has postponed its first launch of astronauts from US soil in nine years due to bad weather.

Nasa has postponed its first launch of astronauts from US soil in nine years due to bad weather, just minutes before lift-off.

Four members of a family who all work at the same hospital have spoken of their pride in fighting coronavirus together.

The United States is on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 coronavirus deaths.

The United States has surpassed the “grim” milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths.

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Two Nasa astronauts are on course to make history as they launch into space from US soil for the first time in nine years.

Political advisor Dominic Cummings has lost the support of not only the British public, but the Dublin Airport Twitter account.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed in a telephone call on further “close coordination” on oil output restrictions, the Kremlin press service said...

John Waters and Gemma O'Doherty are to appeal the High Court's refusal to grant them permission to challenge laws introduced by the State due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dogs have provided seals with a morale boost after staff at a sanctuary noticed they were missing visitors during the coronavirus lockdown.

NURSING home residents would be able to see family members outdoors under proposals for easing coronavirus visitor restrictions.