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Two months ago, Simon Harris was one of the most unpopular health ministers in living memory. Now children write to him telling him they miss school, while his growing Instagram...

All business owners are weighing up the effect of the Covid-19 closures on their trade at present, with many trying to take an optimistic view by planning for reopening. Social...

It began, in the ominous stillness of mid afternoon, with a ball floating on a lake. It had ended up there after a game of kickball, a moment's amusement in...

Joe Biden is mulling a raft of left-wing policies as he changes his election pitch to win over key Bernie Sanders backers suspicious of his centrist record.

Two months ago, Simon Harris was one of the most unpopular health ministers in living memory. Now children write to him telling him they miss school, while his growing Instagram...

A Cork businessman who owns an international distribution firm based in China has told of how his company has rebounded since coronavirus restrictions were eased in the country.

Some wild animals and birds are changing their behaviour in response to altered human activity during the Covid-19 crisis.

It suited us to call it three more weeks. Leo made his announcement that we'd be in this state of lockdown until May 5, when he'd be back to us...

Could it be that the sheer scale of the death toll in Britain is making it impossible on this side of the Irish Sea to get a realistic slant of...

As a sometimes overly pragmatic mum-of-four I often think of what Barack Obama said was his mother's refrain, when he would complain about her making him study: "This is no...

Fr Vincent Xavier remembers the first time he administered the last sacraments to a patient with Covid-19.

Like thousands of people that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, Roberto Gonzalez took his first tentative steps towards normality last week.

An innocuous-looking prefab on the grounds of Mullingar Regional Hospital is arguably the most important building in Co Westmeath.

Peter Trill, a Scottish health and biotech investor who sold Iomet Pharma to Merck for £276m (€317m) in 2016, has emerged as a backer of Dublin-based business Reagent Genie.

Poor old Tony McCoy. Asked last week about the decision not to postpone Cheltenham at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak he had this to say: "With Cheltenham they were...

The Covid-19 crisis will see hundreds of thousands of workers lose their jobs and many already have. For the newly - or soon-to-be - unemployed, this experience may prompt them...

With the sun splitting Dublin's stones for most of last week, Máire Ní Mhaolie, co-owner of the temporarily closed 57 The Headline Bar, was cursing her luck. It would be...

I turned up for work at Beaumont Hospital towards the end of last week, taking my usual route to the changing rooms - the ones beside the operating theatre which...

If you're going to be left stranded in Ireland after your block-buster movie goes into hiatus, you can't do much better than an €8m pad on Dalkey's ultra-exclusive Sorrento Road.

The loneliness of the coronavirus patient is what most strikes David Hall. On their journey through this cruelly isolating disease, Covid-19 patients travel solo. There are no family members seeing...

If you're going to be left stranded in Ireland after your block-buster movie goes into hiatus, you can't do much better than an €8m pad on Dalkey's ultra-exclusive Sorrento Road.

Broadway star Nick Cordero will lose his leg after suffering complications from coronavirus, his wife said.

Stressed out cats stuck in care during lockdown are being played soothing sounds of nature to keep them calm.

Tel Aviv will gradually lift certain coronavirus measures starting from Sunday, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said. Easing the lockdown includes allowing some businesses to reopen, as well as relaxing control over...

A council in Cheshire has added appreciative road markings near local hospitals to “applaud the efforts of each and every healthcare professional”.

An NHS paediatric nurse working on the front line in the fight against coronavirus brought the judges and audience to tears on Britain's Got Talent by singing a song about...

Lifting restrictions on people's movements will happen in a "slow and controlled manner", the chairman of the Covid-19 expert advisory group has said.

Coffee chain Insomnia has opened three of its coffee shops across Dublin today as a takeaway service as part of phased re-opening.

A team of community-minded cleaners are helping to keep people safe during the coronavirus crisis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the government to provide daily forecasts of the spread of the novel coronavirus as Russia recorded almost 5,000 new cases in a single day.

Police in Hong Kong have arrested at least 14 veteran pro-democracy politicians, activists and a media tycoon on charges of joining unlawful protests last year.

Keep informed of these unprecedented times with the latest coronavirus updates on Independent.ie's live blog.

Keep informed of these unprecedented times with the latest coronavirus updates on Independent.ie's live blog.

Keep informed of these unprecedented times with the latest coronavirus updates on Independent.ie's live blog.

Governments around the world are wrestling with when and how to lift economically painful virus-control measures as unemployment rises.

In the past 24 hours, 4,785 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Russia, the nation's disease response team reported on Saturday. The increase in newly-recorded cases is higher than...

President Donald Trump has insisted deaths from Covid-19 are much higher in China than in the US, despite official statistics painting a far different picture.

Efforts are under way to re-route two P&O ferries stranded at Dublin Port amid an ongoing stand-off between the company and the Port of Liverpool.

Keep informed of these unprecedented times with the latest coronavirus updates on Independent.ie's live blog.

President Donald Trump has insisted deaths from Covid-19 are much higher in China than in the US, despite official statistics painting a far different picture.