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Pension savers' reluctance to tell their provider when they move house may explain why around £19.4 billion-worth of pension pots may be going unclaimed, according to the Association of British...

UK cinemas could reopen as early as mid-July in time for the launch of the latest Christopher Nolan film, the boss of Vue has said.

French scientists say they might have identified a possible case of coronavirus dating back to December — about a month before the first cases were officially confirmed in Europe.

Santander is chopping the rate on its flagship 123 Current Account again – this time to 0.6%.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Kim Jong Un a commemorative war medal marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said.

A FRANCO-Spanish fishing trawler which landed catch at an Irish port two weeks ago has been quarantined in Spain after a number of crew tested positive for Covid-19.

A rare rockhopper penguin chick has been named after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's newborn son.

The UK's economy is on course for a downturn deeper than anything seen in living memory, experts warned on Tuesday, as the service sector plummeted to a new record low.

Aviation group Air Partner reported a “record month” in April as it was boosted by repatriation flights and the transportation of personal protective equipment (PPE) due to the coronavirus pandemic.

More than three million people have been infected across the world by coronavirus, with the death toll passing 246,000.

Workwear group Johnson Service has revealed it lost 97% of its sales in the hospitality sector last month as the coronavirus crisis forced the closure of restaurants and hotels.

Car-loving New Yorkers are flocking to Times Square for streets left barren in a city seized by the coronavirus outbreak.

Independent.ie reporters keeping you up to date with the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world.

Housing services group Mears said it believes operating losses during the lockdown will be “modest”, despite moving to an “emergency only” service.

China and South Korea, which had early outbreaks of coronavirus, have together reported only four new infections and are slowly resuming public events after months of containment efforts.

In this series, specially written for Independent.ie, the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) offers some valuable pointers to parents across a range of different learning areas.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said he has twice tested negative for coronavirus, but has refused a judge's request to see the actual results.

The extent of the challenge facing rugby as it tries to return from the coronavirus shutdown has been laid bare by medical guidelines released by World Rugby that state matches...

The White House has launched a major review of whether spy planes, intelligence officials and other US assets should be withdrawn from Britain after Downing Street agreed to let Huawei...

The national roadmap out of the coronavirus lockdown will need a lot more detailed signposting and guidance if it is to ensure there is no clash with public health rules...

Aer Lingus has said it will be reviewing processes and procedures after images of a crowded flight with no social distancing appeared on social media.

Health officials advised that over-70s should keep cocooning in their homes until August but were overruled by the Cabinet.

THE eurozone's economy will contract 5.5pc this year due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey of professional forecasters published by the European Central Bank (ECB).

The national roadmap out of the coronavirus lockdown will need a lot more detailed signposting and guidance if it is to ensure there is no clash with public health rules...

There is a block of flats near us that is constantly going viral for doing cute, socially-distant group activities. You may have seen the bingo numbers being called from a...

The extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been rescheduled for September.

It was something Tony Holohan spotted himself, almost a month ago.

They may not have quite the same ring of familiarity as grilled calamari, but trumpetfish soup and lionfish ceviche could soon be staples on the menus of Greek tavernas if...

Back in what seems a different time in all our lives now, just approaching the middle of February to be precise, the Gaelic Players Association issued a statement responding to...

The Trump election campaign team is deeply divided about how best to go after Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden.

Last week's announcement that the lockdown was going to be extended came as no great surprise and as we stare down the barrel of weeks and potentially months of onerous...

Thousands of people covered by a medical card or GP visit card will have them automatically renewed for a year during the coronavirus crisis, it was announced yesterday.

More than a million people - almost half the country's pre-crisis working population - are now in receipt of emergency social welfare unemployment supports that will cost the State billions...

Love in the lockdown as Jane Austen and Carrie Bradshaw meet Charles Dickens.

God bless the nuns. While boys of generations past were intravenously fed misery history by the brothers, so as all the better to hate the Brits, the girls were at...

The coronavirus lockdown and Brexit uncertainty are being blamed for a 4.6pc fall in property sales nationally.

Health officials advised that over-70s should keep cocooning in their homes until August but were overruled by the Cabinet.

A leading sports and exercise physician has raised further doubts about the capacity to get Gaelic Games back up and running again in line with the Government's blueprint for relaxing...

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