Austria will require shoppers to wear basic face masks in supermarkets in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said. The country has closed...
March 31, 2020
New figures revealing a marked recovery in Chinese industry have helped to boost sentiment upon European traders.
March 31, 2020
A 94-year-old woman who is known by her family as “super gran” has recovered from coronavirus after 10 days in hospital.
March 31, 2020
The city of Jena in eastern Germany has decided to make people wear face masks when shopping or travelling by public transport, stepping up efforts to slow the spread of...
March 31, 2020
Chinese tech giant Huawei has said its sales of smartphones and other products grew by double digits last year despite US sanctions but warned it now faces a “more complicated”...
March 31, 2020
China will delay its national college entrance exam by a month as it grapples with a coronavirus pandemic as travellers returning from abroad are fuelling new cases and boosting concern...
March 31, 2020
The company behind Paddy Power and Betfair will be allowed to go ahead with its plans to create the world's biggest online betting company after UK regulators gave a thumbs-up...
March 31, 2020
South Korea on Tuesday cancelled the planned re-opening of schools next week because of the danger of the coronavirus, and will instead launch online classes from April 9 while delaying...
March 31, 2020
New York officials have begged for health care reinforcements, saying up to a million more workers are needed to fight coronavirus, while the World Health Organisation warned that the pandemic...
March 31, 2020
The mounting death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the United States had it poised to overtake China's total of 3,300 deaths.
March 31, 2020
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted four resolutions on Monday, with its 15 members voting by email for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic.
March 31, 2020
Passport and banknote-maker De La Rue has said it expects a large drop in profit during the financial year that just ended, after struggles in its currency arm.
March 31, 2020
I'm mindful of all the small Irish businesses and restaurants that are going to need all the support they can get through this unpredictable time, and indeed afterwards. So, I'll...
March 31, 2020
HUNDREDS of staff at Dublin-based Stobart Air have now been let go, with just a few dozen essential roles retained to provide minimum flying, administrative and maintenance duties.
March 31, 2020
Claudia Schiffer has said that at the height of her fame she needed security to guard her underwear.
March 31, 2020
The Irish food industry has adapted quickly to find new ways to stay afloat in the current crisis.
March 31, 2020
Dutch police are investigating the theft of an "incredibly valuable" Van Gogh landscape from a museum in an overnight break-in.
March 31, 2020
More than 130 tired, but relieved Irish tourists have spent the first night in their own beds after being stranded for more than two weeks in Peru.
March 31, 2020
Many people have got stuck in to fight Covid-19, but none like the Australian astrophysicist who got four magnets trapped up his nose while trying to develop a device to...
March 31, 2020
Figures from data infrastructure companies show that Ireland's web traffic over the last week has been 50pc higher than the annual average.
March 31, 2020
With the death toll rising and no end in sight to the coronavirus lockdown, it might seem that several dark weeks lie ahead. But a possible development may offer a...
March 31, 2020
The fixture crisis presents an opportunity for World Rugby. This may be their one golden ticket to a streamlined, sensible season.
March 31, 2020
Italian politicians have warned of civil unrest in the country's poorer regions as the coronavirus lockdown is set to be extended until at least Easter.
March 31, 2020
Around half of the clergy in a Catholic diocese spanning four counties are 'cocooning'.
March 31, 2020
As Covid-19 takes over our personal and professional lives, we're all now getting to grips with the new normal of working from home and staying indoors.
March 31, 2020
A dark cloud hangs over the City of Light as heavily armed police roam the streets, ensuring that the country's lockdown remains firmly in place.
March 31, 2020
A man has brought a High Court challenge after he was arrested following a row about social distancing with a woman in a bank queue.
March 31, 2020
A prominent county chairman has suggested completing club championships before the inter-county programme resumes, if games get the green light later this year.
March 31, 2020
Private nursing home operators said they have been promised more staff, extra personal protection equipment (PPE) and a financial bailout to tackle the spread of the coronavirus in their residential...
March 31, 2020
Life is all changed, changed utterly, since the Taoiseach gave last Friday night's declaration. People of my age are really in lockdown; you simply cannot leave the house. I find...
March 31, 2020
Everyone is adjusting to being packed in together within the four walls of home.
March 31, 2020
The HSE says it is looking to introduce a 'contact-tracing' phone app to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. But what would that look like? Would it work? And...
March 31, 2020
Spain has become the third country to surpass China in coronavirus infections after the United States and Italy.
March 31, 2020
The coronavirus shock to the economy appears to be coming harder and faster than expected as almost 400,000 workers have already signed up for emergency wage support payments from the...
March 31, 2020
For the first few days in lockdown I moped around with a grey face in a stained grey hoodie until a sparkly friend at a Zoom party inspired me to...
March 31, 2020
As Covid-19 takes over our personal and professional lives, we're all now getting to grips with the new normal of working from home and staying indoors.
March 31, 2020
Clusters of cases are to be expected with the coronavirus but the rise in these groups of infection in nursing homes is particularly worrying because of the risk to 25,000...
March 31, 2020
Ireland's summer tour of Australia is now "highly unlikely" to go ahead and officials Down Under are warning that the impact of the current shutdown could even affect the November...
