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We will see this out with a story from around 50 BC - or 50 years before corona. You wouldn't know these days if it's all right to write of...

In an attempt to put some rationale on the Covid-19 pandemic, a narrative has emerged that has echoes of older times.

Applegreen's Welcome Break subsidiary in the UK has been asked by the government there to re-open dozens of its food service units during the Covid-19 crisis because the business is...

Pensioners carefully cocooned from Covid-19 have urged young people to "step up to the mark" in complying with virus controls - urging them to follow the lead of an Irish...

Leo Varadkar's Patrick's Day speech was a real "where were you when" moment for all Irish people, a rare instance of knowing that what you were watching would someday be...

I am a 73-year-old woman, who has been a farmer's wife and mother of five children for 51 years.

Governments and central banks need to step up efforts urgently to support their economies in the face of the coronavirus crisis, according to the head of the Bank for International...

Nearly two-thirds of business leaders here believe the fallout from Covid-19 will permanently change the way their firms operate.

I was queuing in a supermarket, more than two metres from the customer ahead of me, when I sneezed into my elbow. The eyes of the lady ahead of me...

Many Irish people see their pets as four-legged family members: they live with us, an integral part of our households.

The UK-headquartered fast-food chain Leon has no plans to curb its expansion in Ireland, despite the threat of an economic slowdown due to the coronavirus.

The GAA should abandon the idea of running the All-Ireland championships this year and dedicate the season to club action instead.

Like everywhere else, Germany is reeling from the effects of the coronavirus crisis. It has the fifth-highest number of Covid-19 infections, the economy is slowing down and people are afraid...

Doctors and other health staff remain fearful that they will be hostages to fortune if the HSE is overly reliant on importing vital protective equipment and clothing to safeguard them...

NURSING homes have been hit by 17 clusters of the coronavirus leaving several vulnerable elderly residents severely ill from the infection.

Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with ballads and honky-tonk singles like Home and Pickup Man, has died aged 61 after testing positive...

The HSE says it is looking to introduce a ‘contract tracing' phone app to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. But what would that look like? Would it work?...

Out-of-work staff in areas such as childcare have responded to a call to upskill in infection prevention and control to help out in hospitals and other healthcare settings during the...

More than £250,000 has been raised to help provide free hot meals for NHS staff, less than seven days after a campaign was launched by a small group of friends.

The streets of Stockholm are quiet but not deserted amid the coronavirus outbreak.

A motorist was stopped by a motorway patrol on a 224-mile round trip to buy a £15 item off eBay, police said.

Under current lockdown measures, only essential travel is permitted and from tomorrow, public transport will operate at 80pc capacity.

The first batch of personal protective equipment (PPE) from China has been delivered to Dublin.

James McAvoy has donated £275,000 to a campaign to provide protective equipment for NHS staff, according to its founders.

Coronavirus testing in Páirc Uí Chaoimh has been cancelled today due to a lack of testing kits.

A cricket commentator has been training his daughter in his art form as part of her homeschooling, in videos which are drawing praise from the sporting community.

Poland's leading composer and conductor, Krzysztof Penderecki, died on Sunday after a “long and serious illness”, sources close to his family said. He was 86.

New regulations to enforce social distancing restrictions in Northern Ireland have been agreed by the Stormont Executive.

US President Donald Trump considered then abandoned ordering a quarantine for the coronavirus hotspots of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Seoul has called North Korea “very inappropriate” for firing two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.

The Government has a €30m emergency back-up plan which would see over 20 'field hospitals' built to treat critical Covid-19 patients nationwide.

Cafes, restaurants and businesses in the hospitality sector are expected to see the first slow green shoots of an economic recovery once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, according to the ESRI.

The last time retired civil servant Tom Best saw his wife of 51 years alive was when she was being placed in an ambulance and driven away from the home...

The level of concern in Ireland about coronavirus is second only to that in China, according to a worldwide survey of 20 countries, as medical experts on the frontline here...

As the Flat season began in Naas last Monday, Irish racing was Europe's last sport standing. This was nothing to be proud of. The following day the Taoiseach announced a...

'Change comes as a result of cataclysmic events like this," was one rural principal's conclusion when I asked him how his teachers and Leaving Certificate students were coping with the...

As the public health measures intensify it is natural to focus on the figures for confirmed cases, hospital admissions and, tragically, fatalities. But the epidemic will end, the measures will...

Covid-19 has turned our lives upside down. Many people have lost jobs, many are sick, schools are shut, and the freedom to go about life as we previously knew it...

Kobba, a creative marketing agency based in Dublin, has diversified its business due to the coronavirus outbreak, designing and selling protective counter tops and face shields for retail and health...

The statement from Barcelona on Thursday morning was certainly intended to announce something in relation to the reduction of the biggest wage bill in world football, but for exactly what...