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An ambitious plan - which could see around 2,000 players, managers and backroom staff subject to regular Covid-19 testing - is among the options being explored in order to allow...

There has been an emotional television interview, a farewell tour and the opening of what may prove to be the royal court case of the century.

Firms facing serious cash-flow and other problems in the Covid-19 crisis should clearly disclose this in their financial statements to avoid challenges by auditors or stakeholders, PwC has said.

Boris Johnson is expected to announce plans for easing the lockdown as early as this week after he returned to Downing Street last night to take back control of the...

In the middle of a crisis, it can be hard to focus on anything but the present, but eventually our focus must shift to the future. We will not be...

Christy Ruane (75) has run his pub in the rural townland of Glentane, Co Galway, for 45 years, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen him forced to close his doors...

The coronavirus lockdown is disrupting the supply chains of most Irish firms and putting the essential construction of warehouses many months behind schedule.

I am sure a lot of you are struggling without the gym but I can assure you that you can get an excellent workout at home. Some of our most...

Locked down or not, it's hard not to enjoy the peace of my secluded garden in this beautiful spring weather. But right now, I am furious and if I hear...

For only the second time in more than two centuries, patrons can no longer enjoy a meal and a drink at Ireland's "highest" pub, this time due to Covid-19.

The Government excluded over-66s who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis from the €350-a-week emergency unemployment payment due to legal advice that all pensioners would have to be...

A special train believed to belong to Kim Jong-un has been spotted at the east coast resort of Wonsan, fuelling speculation that the North Korean leader may be staying there...

Negative oil prices, ships dawdling at sea with unwanted cargoes, and traders getting creative about where to stash oil. The next chapter in the oil crisis is now inevitable: great...

A special train believed to belong to Kim Jong-un has been spotted at the east coast resort of Wonsan, fuelling speculation that the North Korean leader may be staying there...

The Premier League has calculated it needs a minimum of 300 people for a match to take place behind closed doors.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered an end to the death penalty for crimes committed by minors.

As Spain allowed children to play outside for the first time in six weeks and various European countries worked to ease their lockdowns and reopen their economies, governors in the...

A Salisbury singing festival is bringing its event online for a series of “charming” weekly Zoom sessions.

Tehran will allow religious sites to reopen in certain areas – the so-called ‘white zones' – across the country that have been consistently coronavirus-free, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday....

Around 200 families have taken part in a socially-distanced mass dance in Dublin.

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has poured cold water on Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin's suggestion that an agreement has been reached to halt the rise in the State pension age to...

The Archbishop of Canterbury will give the first assembly at a newly-created virtual school set up so students can continue to learn during lockdown.

More than £4.6 million has been raised for UK charities by people completing various challenges in lieu of the London Marathon.

Another wave of US states are preparing to lift coronavirus restrictions this week against the warnings of many public health experts as the White House sees this month's jobless rate...

Brad Pitt has played a US health expert in a sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “confident” he would be able to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank this summer, with support from the US.

Independent.ie's live blog is here to keep you informed of what's going on in Ireland and across the world during the coronavirus pandemic.

Where is Kim Jong Un? Is the devious despot dead after heart surgery? Is he lying in a vegetative state in a hospital bed? Or is he happily chain-smoking at...

Independent.ie's live blog is here to keep you informed of what's going on in Ireland and across the world during the coronavirus pandemic.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered an end to the death penalty for crimes committed by minors, according to a top official.

GERRY RYAN'S former partner Melanie Verwoerd has revealed her coronavirus ordeal after only recently getting back on her feet having contracting the killer disease.

Key workers are being celebrated on the Isle of Man with a new set of stamps that carry a royal seal of approval from the Queen.

Two friends didn't let lockdown restrictions prevent them from completing the equivalent of a 70.3 Ironman challenge to help raise funds to support a young man who was seriously injured...

A group of 25 Dutch students with limited sailing experience have ended a transatlantic voyage forced on them by coronavirus restrictions.

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Russia has risen by 6,261 since Saturday and reached almost 81,000, according to the latest national update. The disease has claimed 66 more...

A family of three generations say they are “blown away” by the response to their plan to walk a marathon on their balcony.

Shrieks of joy rang out Sunday in the streets of Spain as children were allowed to leave their homes for the first time in six weeks.

HSE boss Paul Reid has said that the health service will be able to ramp up to deliver 100,000 coronavirus tests per week.

HSE boss Paul Reid has said that plans have been agreed to ramp up coronavirus testing to 100,000 tests per week.

The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is based in the southern Yemeni port of Aden, declared a state of emergency and announced that from now on it will “self-govern”...