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THE State is to provide a €15m emergency package to ferry companies to keep supply lines open during the coronavirus crisis.

University College Cork (UCC) has opened a centre to deliver chemotherapy to patients with cancer during the Covid-19 crisis.

Pension freedoms are contributing to a significant risk of harm to consumers in the long-term savings market, according to the City regulator.

Vietnam donated 550,000 face masks to five European countries on Tuesday to support their fight against the coronavirus. The masks, made of antimicrobial fabric, were handed to the ambassadors of...

Authorities in Paris have banned all outdoor sports activities between 10am and 7pm after Parisians took to the streets in numbers over the weekend to enjoy the sunny weather.

More than 850,000 people are claiming unemployment benefits due to the coronavirus crisis which has left many business struggling across Ireland.

ELEVEN Irish scientists have developed an effective formula for a key component of the Covid-19 testing process and made it available to help ease the global shortage of testing agents...

The exhibition of the Olympic Flame, due to remain on display in Fukushima until the end of the month, will be cancelled over coronavirus concerns, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee...

A care home has put children's messages of support on a billboard to spread cheer around the local community.

The Board of Galway 2020 has announced a significant contraction of the programme, and temporary lay-offs in response to unprecedented challenges it has faced in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The National Treasury Management Agency has sold €6bn of seven year bonds, priced at 32 basis points over mid-swaps.

The teams of Russian military physicians commenced treating suspected Covid-19 cases after disinfection in Dragisa Misovic clinical medical center in Belgrad, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. Nuclear, biological...

Whatsapp is finally cracking down on fake viral messages that spread made-up rumours about the pandemic.

TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney has said the Covid-19 crisis will mean an increased role for the State in people's economic affairs and a single-tier health service.

Denmark plans to reopen day care centers and schools on April 15 as a first step to gradually relax a three-week lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus....

HUNDREDS of people have answered calls looking for emergency coronavirus staff after an appeal by charities for the homeless and disabled.

Several state leaders in India's have called for an extension or only a partial lifting of current restrictions. They said that the 21-day lockdown, which is set to end next...

HEALTH Minister Simon Harris has reassured children that he has given the Easter bunny permission to work this weekend.

A baby owl is being nursed back to health at a wildlife centre after it was spotted by a concerned dog walker and rescued by the RSPCA.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centers. The measure, giving authorities more power to press people...

Four German students who were invited to shelter with a New Zealand family during a nationwide lockdown said they have been having lots of fun sharing meals, playing football and...

China must do more to help ease the debt burden of African countries facing economic calamity from the coronavirus pandemic, Ghana's finance minister said. Africa accounts for just a fraction...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care on Tuesday after receiving oxygen support for serious Covid-19 complications, leaving his foreign minister to lead the government's response to the...

British prime minister Boris Johnson was stable overnight in intensive care after suffering a deterioration of his COVID-19 symptoms and he remains in good spirits, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a month-long state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures to ramp up defences against the spread of coronavirus.

Ryan Tubridy has said he is feeling "on top of the world " and is happy to be back at work after making a full recovery from Covid-19.

Australia's highest court acquitted former Vatican treasurer George Pell on Tuesday of sexually assaulting two teenage choirboys in the 1990s, freeing the 78-year-old cardinal after 404 days in jail.

Pandemics are by nature worldwide events and the Covid-19 outbreak has seen every country forced to change the lives of its citizens in the battle to beat it.

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

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still in intensive care but his team are working together to fight the coronavirus outbreak, cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday.

Car dealership business Inchcape has scrapped its dividend as part of measures to preserve cash after being hurt by the coronavirus outbreak.

Authorities on Monday recovered the body of a member of the Kennedy family who, along with her young son, went missing in the Chesapeake Bay on Thursday, according to the...

House prices were little changed in March from a record high set the previous month, according to an index.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a complete lockdown over the upcoming Passover holiday to control the country's Covid-19 outbreak.

Boeing said it will repeat a test flight of its astronaut capsule following last year's botched demo, considered a perilous close call by Nasa.

US Prosecutors revealed new details yesterday of several alleged bribes paid to senior Fifa executives to gain their votes for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.

Young people who do not live with their parents should be released from lockdown to return to work, according to a study by a top UK academic. The report was...

It seems incredible that, until a few weeks ago, most of us had never heard the phrase 'self-isolation'. Now as lockdown becomes a way of life, we've had to adapt...

Donald Trump has continued to back the use of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus, despite splits among his advisers and mixed evidence on its effectiveness.

The shock to the economy is going to be larger and longer than most economists are expecting, according to the man who oversaw the country's exit from the Troika bailout.