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Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in St Peter's Basilica without the public and praised those working through the crisis as heroes.

The war being waged across the globe in a desperate effort to halt the march of the Covid-19 plague, like any conflict, has brought out the best and worst in...

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the US or a tiger...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests as his coronavirus symptoms persist, Downing Street has said.

An NHS nurse said she “cried with happiness” having found her engagement ring two-and-a-half years after losing it in the garden.

THERE have been 21 more deaths and 390 new cases of the coronavirus in Ireland.

Three football fans have raised more than £12,000 for food banks by playing a management simulator game for 24 hours.

IRISH hospitals and healthcare facilities have been warned they are now being targeted by ruthless international cyber criminals seeking to exploit the Covid-19 crisis.

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has re-registered as a doctor and has offered to help out in medical efforts to fight coronavirus.

The first time I saw my wife was the summer of 1981. She was sitting with her brother, Donal, on the bonnet of the family Renault 4 in Balscadden, the...

A lamb has been given the name Zoom after it was born while the farmer was on a video chat with friends.

The US surgeon general has braced the country for the worsening fallout from coronavirus, warning “this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives”.

A German restaurant facing closure due to social distancing guidance has developed a novel way to keep the drinks flowing.

HSE CEO Paul Reid said today that the number of daily tests completed will double as 50 test centres and a "network of laboratories" have been set up across Ireland.

President Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities in the coming days, as the country faces what he called the toughest two weeks of...

Pope Francis has begun the first of several Holy Week ceremonies that will be held behind closed doors this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Countries across Africa face a “complete collapse of economies and livelihoods” unless the spread of coronavirus can be controlled, a UN official has warned.

As a delivery driver for the NHS, Dave Holt is experiencing the most intense working conditions of his professional life.

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.

A four-year-old who had his birthday celebrations cancelled because of coronavirus has been cheered up by a visit from the boys in blue.

Another cruise ship with coronavirus patients on board has docked in Florida.

Donald Trump has described as “a disgrace” the sacked inspector general who handled an anonymous whistleblower's complaint that sparked his impeachment.

Donald Trump has described as “a disgrace” the sacked inspector general who handled an anonymous whistleblower's complaint that sparked his impeachment.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo says China is facilitating a shipment of 1,000 donated ventilators to his state, in another example of the extreme measures being taken in what is...

After a few short weeks of this pandemic, it's hard to imagine life will return to normal. For many that is scary. It is hard to grasp. Our mental wellbeing...

Benjamin Franklin famously quipped that there are only two certainties in life - death and taxes. It's beginning to look as if the Department of Education is determined to add...

Irish billionaires who were in Ireland the day the lockdown came into place will get a free pass to stay here for as long as it lasts.

I come into Beaumont Hospital kicking doors open and using my elbows to decant sanitiser from the dispenser. My first port of call is the changing rooms beside the operating...

Ann O'Rourke died alone in a nursing home, social distancing restrictions a cruel and necessary burden on her and her family. Days later, her son Ciaran poured his grief across...

In the five weeks since coronavirus hit Ireland, businesses the length and breadth of the country have had to make the often heartbreaking decision to pull down their shutters and...

Frightened cleaners are refusing to redeploy to hospitals and nursing homes, leading to fears of a shortage of cleaning staff at healthcare facilities.

If you've been watching the television in recent weeks, you will have heard politicians talk about Nphet, pronounced 'en-fet'.

Over the past decade, nothing has defined us more than the cult of individualism. From the little to the large, it infects every aspect of our lives. Headphones cancel out...

We do not normally fly the Italian flag from the front of our house. However, for the last month, during what has been a traumatic moment for Italy, a huge...

If you've been watching the television in recent weeks, you will have heard politicians talk about Nphet, pronounced 'en-fet'.

Ian Morey ends his 12-hour day by stripping off his clothes at the side door of his home. He puts them in the bag his girlfriend will have left out...

Ian Morey ends his 12-hour day by stripping off his clothes at the side door of his home. He puts them in the bag his girlfriend will have left out...

The Government and institutions of the State are to be commended on their response to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis. Time-limited mortgage forbearance, rent freezes, deferred tax payments...

Last week saw a quiet death. A song-thrush taken by the cat died, warm in its rescue-box, in a dawn it saw but did not announce.