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Publicans have condemned the Green Party's calls for curtailed pub opening hours and restrictions on socialising to be considered in a bid to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

THE immediate closure of schools and banning of marriage, baptism and funeral ceremonies are among measures the Green Party wants to be considered in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

A THIRD Cork hospital has confirmed it is dealing with cases of the new coronavirus.

Harvey Weinstein has arrived at court in a wheelchair to be sentenced following his conviction for rape and sexual assault.

Moscow has called on the opposing political forces of Afghanistan to focus on reaching national reconciliation, instead of taking steps that exacerbate disagreements, Russian Foreign Ministry said. Commenting on two...

Half of firms are reporting lost trade from the Covid-19 scare and most say they are able to launch remote and flexible working policies “at short notice”, according to a...

BUSINESS Minister Heather Humphreys has appealed to people not to panic buy due to fears of shortages resulting from the coronavirus emergency.

Russian security services have busted a cell of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist group in Crimea and detained four of its members, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has said. Members of...

PepsiCo is buying energy drink maker Rockstar Energy Beverages for 3.85 billion US dollars (£3 billion).

India has temporarily suspended all visas and e-visas granted on or before March 11 to nationals of three more coronavirus-affected countries – France, Germany and Spain – as part of...

Switzerland is closing nine secondary border crossings to Italy and directing traffic over main routes to help slow the spread of the new coronavirus, the government said on Wednesday. However,...

US Presidential candidate Joe Biden has scored decisive primary victories in four states on Tuesday, taking a big step toward the Democratic Party's presidential nomination and casting doubt on the...

Israel's largely ceremonial president, Reuven Rivlin, on Wednesday urged the opposing blocs to find a way to come together in the wake of the third inconclusive election in less than...

Some mortgage holders will be given a boost by the Bank of England slashing interest rates from 0.75% to 0.25% in an emergency move, but savers and those approaching retirement...

Savers who have already seen their returns plummet now face more devastation following the Bank of England's interest rate cut, experts have warned.

GOVERNMENT officials have cancelled all St Patrick's Day parades across the country in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19, however, as the virus spreads, dozens of events are...

GOVERNMENT officials have cancelled all St Patrick's Day parades across the country in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19, however, as the virus spreads, dozens of events are...

GOVERNMENT officials have cancelled all St Patrick's Day parades across the country in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19, however, as the virus spreads, dozens of events are...

The Russian parliament has approved a sweeping constitutional reform that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 years after his current term ends in 2024.

FirstGroup said it has received “significant interest” after starting a formal sale process for its North American bus contract businesses.

A member of McLaren's Formula One team is in self-isolation after being tested for coronavirus at the Australian Grand Prix.

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree promising to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners.

G4S has swung to an annual loss after being hit by £291 million of impairment charges, despite hailing a jump in revenues.

Saudi Arabia's oil company Aramco has said it will increase production capacity to 13 million barrels per day, up from 12 million per day.

The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate to 0.25pc from 0.75pc.

The conditional prisoner release order announced by the Afghan government is against the agreement between the US and Taliban, which was signed in Doha, Qatar last month, a spokesman for...

The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse has taken his appeal to Australia's highest court.

Britain's parliament has no plans to shut over coronavirus, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, after a minister tested positive for the virus and another MP was advised to stay at...

Senior British government ministers could be tested for coronavirus after Health Minister Nadine Dorries became the first MP to be diagnosed with the illness.

Police are forcing people to keep apart in Italian cafes as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

Joe Biden seized the key battleground state of Michigan in the Democratic presidential primary to deal a blow to rival Bernie Sanders.

Tenor Placido Domingo engaged in “inappropriate conduct” with multiple women over the three decades he held senior positions at the Los Angeles Opera, an investigation commissioned by the organisation has...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is due in Washington today to begin a brief St Patrick's Day programme that has already been disrupted by the coronavirus crisis.

On a day the old valley turned its back on the rest of the world, we could at least console ourselves that there was beauty in the denial.

It wasn't schools being closed, or hospitals banning visitors, or even the wobble over St Patrick's Day. You knew the coronavirus was really serious when the new Bond film was...

On a day the old valley turned its back on the rest of the world, we could at least console ourselves that there was beauty in the denial.

The first budget for British prime minister Boris Johnson was supposed to deliver funding to 'level up' the newly Conservative constituencies in the north of England.

So, this is one from the "ill wind department". We are often told it's an ill wind which cannot blow somebody some good, somewhere.

A rally for European stocks yesterday was thrown into a dramatic reverse, as US markets at first surged and then fell back before moving higher as president Donald Trump unveiled...

St Patrick's day is off. The whole of Italy is in quarantine. And over the water in the UK, the government may soon be requesting that anyone displaying so much...