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Sales of handwash products here jumped 15pc in the 12 weeks to February 23 as consumers started to worry about the spread of the coronavirus, according to research group Kantar.

An activist investor who failed to overhaul the board of train and bus operator FirstGroup has launched a second attack on the company.

HEALTH chiefs are racing against the clock to have a network of special 'spill over' coronavirus testing and isolation centres ready across Ireland within days.

Sesame Street's Count von Count is being used in a charm offensive to ensure children under five are included in this year's US census.

Police and fire crews joined forces to rescue a child's teddy after it was thrown on to the roof of his school.

Michigan is the largest of six states holding Democratic primaries on Tuesday in a race that has become a showdown between former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders.

Three Russians and a Ukrainian went on trial in the Netherlands, charged with multiple counts of murder for their alleged involvement in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17,...

AHEAD of the first meeting of a new cabinet committee set up to tackle the coronavirus, Minister for Health Simon Harris said that no decision has been made on whether...

Insurer Phoenix Group has reported a jump in profits as its pension business benefited from UK companies rushing to offload risk ahead of Brexit.

Irish eyes at the US Capitol will not smile on US president Donald Trump on St Patrick's Day.

Sudan's prime minister has survived an assassination attempt after a blast in the capital, Khartoum, state media said.

Thousands of women across Mexico plan to stay at home from work or school for “A Day Without Women”.

Tesco has agreed a deal to sell its supermarket arms in Thailand and Malaysia, in a move worth around £8.2 billion.

The winner of the big prize at Crufts found success went straight through her as she took an emergency toilet break on her victory lap.

Italy is attempting to lock down 16 million people – more than a quarter of its population – for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new...

North Korea fired three short-range projectiles off its east coast, South Korea's military has said.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar believes the formation of a new government, particularly one that includes Sinn Féin, could impede the current efforts to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Greece to "open the gates" to migrants ahead of a summit with EU leaders to discuss his demands for more help in coping...

The world's geopolitical order will be unrecognisable once Covid-19 has done its worst. Long-standing regimes will be badly compromised. Political systems that have never fully recovered from the Lehman crisis...

Israel's parliament has beefed up the security for Benny Gantz, the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after deeming death threats against Mr Gantz to be credible.

More than 100 St Patrick's Day parades and festivals are on the brink of cancellation as organisers face “significant pressure” to put public health first.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was heckled by residents when he visited a flood-hit area in central England, after the water had subsided.

RTÉ has asked a number of its employees to work from home amid concerns about coronavirus.

RTÉ has asked a number of its employees to work from home amid concerns about coronavirus.

James Bond is confronted by women he has harassed in the workplace in the new film 'No Time To Die', one of the stars has said.

Staff in some of the country's busiest hospitals are putting patients at risk by neglecting to wash their hands as often as they should.

Six people have been killed in two separate avalanches in the Austrian Alps.

Former British and American spies have allegedly been recruited by a security contractor linked to the Trump administration to help infiltrate political opponents.

The person in Trinity College Dublin who was diagnosed with coronavirus "appears to have made a good recovery", the university said.

Relatives of the victims of the MH17 air disaster have called on the Kremlin to come clean about its role in the shooting down of the plane as three Russians...

Some images of China's muscular approach to combating the coronavirus outbreak stand out. Busy JCBs building a hospital in just one week in the stricken city of Wuhan.

Female candidates in France's local elections this month say they have been bombarded with sexist insults during the campaign.

Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden yesterday, saying she would "do everything in my power'' to help elect him, becoming the latest dropout from the Democratic race for president to line...

The Italian government's decision to quarantine a quarter of its population with drastic restrictions to slow the coronavirus contagion threw the country's north into chaos yesterday.

The coronavirus led to some delays in construction supplies arriving into Ireland last month, a new survey has shown.

Warm spring weather may help to stem the tide of coronavirus infections because similar viruses struggle to survive in hotter temperatures.

Irish eyes at the US Capitol will not smile on US president Donald Trump on St Patrick's Day.

People around the world have marked International Women's Day with calls to end exploitation and increase equality.

The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany surged by over 200 on Sunday. According to Robert Koch Institute figures, 902 cases have been registered nationwide, including nearly 400 in the...

Police in the capital of Kyrgyzstan have detained about 60 people after an unauthorised rally to mark International Women's Day was broken up by a group of men.