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A virtual pub quiz co-hosted by Stephen Fry has raised more than £140,000 for Alzheimer's Research UK.

A hospital failed to notify the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) of several hundred of coronavirus cases dating back from mid March until recently.

Salad seeds that went on a round trip to outer space and back grew at a slightly slower rate than their Earth-bound counterparts, scientists have found.

BUSINESS Minister Heather Humphreys has insisted the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will have the resources and "teeth" to enforce coronavirus return to work rules.

New parents Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds led the clap for carers and keyworkers this week.

Primary pupils will only be able to return to school part-time in Autumn if current social distancing and other public health restrictions are in place, teachers and school managers warn.

PRESSURE is mounting on insurers FBD after one of Ireland's most famous pubs became the latest business to issue High Court proceedings against the company.

Paris will impose reciprocal quarantine measures on visitors coming from Spain after authorities in Madrid decided to impose a 10-day quarantine on travelers from France. The statement was announced by...

A care home resident celebrated her 107th birthday and a key worker who saved a policeman's life won the lottery, in Thursday's news.

The planned inauguration on Thursday of an Israeli unity government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been postponed until Sunday, in last-minute wrangling over cabinet appointments, according to an...

London markets tumbled heavily as warnings from economists over the long-term impact of the coronavirus crisis weighed on trading.

One of Scotland's oldest women, who has lived through two World Wars and the Spanish flu outbreak, has not let the coronavirus pandemic hamper her 107th birthday celebrations.

Paraguay was dubbed “an island surrounded by land” by its most famous writer and the nation's isolation seems to have helped it ward off the worst of the pandemic.

Schools in Poland will stay closed for most children until June 7, an Education Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday, with only day care for young children provided. Deputy Education Minister...

A mother has hailed the “overwhelming” response to her urgent appeal for tins of Asda Spaghetti Loops.

THERE will be fewer jobs in retail, transport and entertainment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Taoiseach has said.

England captain Harry Kane has bought the shirt sponsorship to League Two Leyton Orient's 2020/21 kit.

MORE than 12,000 people would have died from coronavirus in Ireland had the spread of the disease not been slowed, Health Minister Simon Harris told the Dáil.

A court ruling throwing out Wisconsin's stay-at-home order threw communities into chaos as some bars opened immediately and were packed with customers while other local leaders moved quickly to keep...

Top team of ministers agreed on Thursday that Britain will not give up its rights as an independent state by bending to the demands of the European Union in its...

President Donald Trump has said the coronavirus pandemic showed he was “right” about the importance of US manufacturing and moving supply chains out of China, as he blamed that country...

The extent of the tensions at the heart of the Government's response to the coronavirus crisis is revealed in letters between the HSE and the Department of Health.

HSBC UK has restarted physical property valuations, meaning it can now start to process some mortgage applications which had been paused.

FRONTLINE workers will have to wait another six weeks to be provided with childcare after the collapse of a Government scheme, the Taoiseach has signalled.

China's task to prevent rebound in local coronavirus cases remains arduous, the Communist Party's politburo said on Thursday. The government should step up targeted prevention and control measures for clusters...

It will take months not weeks for Covid-19 restrictions to be lifted and travel around the European Union to return to normal, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday....

Canada's Calgary Zoo will be returning two giant pandas on loan from China because a scarcity of flights due to Covid-19 has caused problems with getting enough bamboo to feed...

Canada's Calgary Zoo will be returning two giant pandas on loan from China because a scarcity of flights due to Covid-19 has caused problems with getting enough bamboo to feed...

The US Navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guided-missile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a week before Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is inaugurated for a second term...

The primary teachers' union, INTO says that schools may not be able to accept all pupils at the same time, when they do re-open.

Hungary's government could end emergency powers obtained to fight the coronavirus pandemic in late June, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday. The move will depend on...

A shopkeeper who has moved 12,000 plants through her “tiny little” two-bedroom bungalow since lockdown began has said her online business is booming.

Montenegrin police said they have detained around 60 people following clashes at protests demanding the release of eight Serbian Orthodox Church priests jailed for leading a religious procession despite a...

Montenegrin police said they have detained around 60 people following clashes at protests demanding the release of eight Serbian Orthodox Church priests jailed for leading a religious procession despite a...

Insurance customers who are struggling financially because of coronavirus will be able to request payment holidays from next week – and some may also be able to move on to...

Insurance customers who are struggling financially because of coronavirus will be able to request payment holidays from next week – and some may also be able to move on to...

A right-wing politician has apologised for calling a young Italian woman who converted to Islam while held hostage in Somalia a “neo-terrorist”.

Il-76 planes belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces have brought home more than 70 Russian servicemen who helped to tackle the novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy, the Russian Defense Ministry...

Restrictions on air travel should be lifted or eased “as soon as possible” across Europe, the chief executive of the Irish Aviation Authority, Peter Kearney, said this morning.

The number of mortgages in arrears crept up during the first three months of 2020 amid early signs of the impact Covid-19 is having on personal finances.