The silence at UCD is surreal. It's a weekday morning, but the main campus is almost completely abandoned. Most of the academic buildings have been left empty during the nationwide...
April 4, 2020
The Government is set to extend many if not all of the current restrictions on public movement due to the Covid-19 pandemic beyond April 12 - but could tweak some...
April 4, 2020
New York's mayor pleaded with the Trump administration for a national draft of doctors to be sent to America's hardest-hit city, warning it was approaching "D-Day".
April 4, 2020
The past few weeks have turned our world upside down. It seems like a lifetime ago that we were going about our everyday business. But by now, some of you...
April 4, 2020
The Covid-19 outbreak, and its deep financial aftermath, will put the European Union under unprecedented stress over the next five years or more.
April 4, 2020
The scale of Spain's coronavirus outbreak caught up with Italy's yesterday as the worst in Europe, while overwhelmed regions appealed to China for help in stemming the tide of infection.
April 3, 2020
NO INMATES in Irish prisons have to date tested positive for Covid-19 despite two prison officers having contracted the virus and 100 prisoners being placed in precautionary self-isolation.
April 3, 2020
Rapper Playboi Carti has been released from custody after being arrested on drug and traffic charges.
April 3, 2020
MORE than 12,000 arts events from music and theatre performances to exhibitions have been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis.
April 3, 2020
A raft of new restrictions to limit the continuing spread of Covid-19 have been announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, including shutting the borders of 31 cities to vehicles...
April 3, 2020
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Friday renewed his call for a global ceasefire. He urged all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to combat the coronavirus...
April 3, 2020
New York suffered its deadliest single day from the novel coronavirus, with 562 additional deaths in the last 24 hours for a total of 2,935 fatalities, by far the most...
April 3, 2020
Keep informed of these unprecedented times with the latest coronavirus updates on Independent.ie's live blog.
April 3, 2020
Keep informed of these unprecedented times with the latest coronavirus updates on Independent.ie's live blog.
April 3, 2020
The London markets slumped after new figures suggested the UK is on the path to a recession.
April 3, 2020
Welcome to the evening edition of the Daily Digest, keeping you up to date with the latest news today.
April 3, 2020
More than 250,000 European Union citizens are still trying to get home, top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Friday. While the repatriation of EU nationals since mid-March was moving swiftly,...
April 3, 2020
Universities say they will take into account the challenges and stresses facing students as a result of the Covid-19 emergency in designing and assessing end-of-year exams.
April 3, 2020
June Blake's three-acre slice of west Wicklow is a modern country garden of cleverly designed, beautifully planted borders, wildflower meadow and woodland. It is open to the public for tours...
April 3, 2020
A FINE Gael-Fianna Fáil government will only be formed if it includes other political parties, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has warned.
April 3, 2020
The UK death toll from the coronavirus rose by 684 to 3,605 as of 1600 GMT on April 2, up 23 percent on the previous day. As of 9am 3...
April 3, 2020
PASCHAL Donohoe has admitted there's a "gap" in the coronavirus wage subsidy scheme that sees some workers worse off if they're kept on by their employers.
April 3, 2020
French high-school school students will not sit the traditional ‘baccalaureat' (bac) exam this summer due to the coronavirus, the education minister said on Friday. This is an unprecedented move that...
April 3, 2020
Brazilian society will not be able to stand two or three months of shutdowns to fight the new coronavirus, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday, denouncing social-distancing measures enforced by...
April 3, 2020
THERE is "real concern" in government at the threat posed by coronavirus to the health of nursing home residents as the crisis continues.
April 3, 2020
Physical footfall to Irish shops, parks and workplaces has fallen by as much as 93pc in the last month, new figures from Google show.
April 3, 2020
A row has erupted over new Department of Education guidance for schools on how to keep learning going during the Covid-19 shutdown.
April 3, 2020
THE Government has said any Irish citizen abroad who wants to come home should do so as soon as possible as entire regions are closing airspace and grounding airlines at...
April 3, 2020
The head of Poland's Porozumienie party proposed on Friday to change the constitution, allowing the current President Andrzej Duda to extend his term by 2 years and postponing May presidential...
April 3, 2020
Vitamin D can play a critical role in the fight against COVID-19, boosting a person's resistance to respiratory infections, researchers in Trinity College Dublin revealed today.
April 3, 2020
Singapore will close schools and most workplaces for a month as part of stricter measures to curb a recent jump in coronavirus infections. Friday's announcement sent locals racing to supermarkets...
April 3, 2020
Socially-distant dancing sessions held daily on a Cheshire street have brought a community closer together, residents say.
April 3, 2020
An artist has painted pub murals in tribute to NHS workers fighting the coronavirus and the children stuck at home during the outbreak.
April 3, 2020
Italy's national lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus will probably continue beyond the start of May, Angelo Borrelli, the head of the Civil Protection Agency, said on Friday....
April 3, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ended her self-quarantine and returned to the chancellery on Friday after testing negative for coronavirus several times, according to her spokesman. Merkel had been self-quarantining...
April 3, 2020
A statue of a Soviet Second World War commander has been removed from a district in Prague despite protests from Russia and pro-Russian Czech President Milos Zeman.
April 3, 2020
FREE NOW is offering taxis for half price for all "healthcare heroes" during the Covid-19 crisis.
April 3, 2020
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday that talks were underway among EU member states over whether or not to extend border closures beyond Easter in order...
