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Advertising giant WPP has said it expects sales to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022, a year earlier than previously forecast.

Luxury retailer Watches of Switzerland has blasted the Government for “misjudging” the move to scrap tax-free shopping for tourists, but upped its full-year sales outlook for the second time in...

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the presidential Elysee Palace announced.

HSE CEO Paul Reid said he doesn't believe all schools should close from tomorrow until after the Christmas break due to the outbreak in Scoil Mhuire Killorglin.

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the presidential Elysee Palace announced on Thursday. It said the president took a test “as soon as the first symptoms appeared.”...

Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza owner SSP has warned sales are set to plunge by 80% in its first quarter after swinging to a hefty annual loss due to the...

A January lockdown is the price Northern Ireland will have to pay for enjoying Christmas, as the Health Minister is set to recommend "robust interventions" to begin immediately once a...

USUALLY talkative people have gone quiet, the UK pound sterling is at a two-year high, and UK MPs expect their Christmas break, due to start today, to be delayed into...

The residents of Tallinn have paid tribute to a much-loved stray dog who was taken from the Estonian capital to the countryside earlier this year to live out his days...

RESTRICTIONS on gatherings will be in place for at least the next three months and probably six, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told a private Fine Gael meeting.

THE threat posed to Christmas celebrations by Covid-19 was brought home last night as nearly 400 children and teachers were told to restrict their movements until December 30.

As soon as Laura Whitmore announced her engagement to Iain Stirling, theirs became the wedding that celebrity watchers made a mental note to keep an eye out for.

With a week to go before Christmas, I thought, we could either do a show on fitness tips, getting healthy or how to work on your mental health but then...

A Chinese lunar capsule has returned to Earth with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the Moon in more than 40 years.

US Congressional negotiators yesterday were “closing in” on a $900bn (€740bn) Covid-19 aid bill that will include $600 (€493) to $700 (€575) stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits, and Congress...

Leaving Cert students affected by Covid may be given a second chance to sit papers in July.

President-elect Joe Biden told Georgia voters they must deliver two Democratic Senate runoff victories in January so his administration can forcefully confront the coronavirus pandemic and other national challenges.

The Government is under pressure to introduce a vaccine compensation scheme “as a matter of urgency” following recommendations from an expert group.

Air pollution from traffic fumes contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl who died of a fatal asthma attack, a landmark ruling has found.

Restrictions on gatherings will be in place for at least the next three months and probably six, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has warned.

Donald Trump's neighbours in Florida are taking legal action to prevent him from moving permanently to his Mar-a-Lago beach residence after leaving office next month.

The largest individual shipper container transported here with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine would be capable of delivering enough jabs for 2,437 people, it was confirmed yesterday.

US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has warned fellow Republican senators against joining President Donald Trump's extended assault on the electoral college results.

The number of schoolboys thought to have been kidnapped by Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group in Nigeria, could be almost twice as high as reported.

The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician have been convicted of terrorism charges in the trial of 14 people linked to the...

Thousands of workers may not be back in the office until late next year as employers wait for a full vaccine roll-out.

The threat posed to Christmas celebrations by Covid-19 was brought home last night as nearly 400 children and their teachers were told to restrict their movements until December 30.

Eurozone countries have agreed to keep spending their way out of the Covid-19 crisis next year.

Sir Ian McKellen has said he feels “euphoric” after being vaccinated against coronavirus.

The US Justice Department expects to unseal charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet that exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing...

US president-elect Joe Biden has introduced Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transport.

A French court on Wednesday convicted 14 people of crimes ranging from financing terrorism to membership of a criminal gang in relation to Islamist attacks in 2015 against the Charlie...

Optimism continues to course through the stock market as traders maintain the cautious belief that a trade deal between the UK and EU might finally arrive this side of 2020.

A bird of prey has been rescued after flying into a home and perching on the Christmas tree.

A bird of prey has been rescued after flying into a home and perching on the Christmas tree.

A man who was sleeping rough has a new job and his own accommodation after receiving help from a charity which houses homeless people in converted London buses.

Dr Gabriel Scally said family gatherings this Christmas should be postponed until the June winter solstice, and governments should give two bank holidays to cater for this.

MacKenzie Scott, the author, philanthropist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has announced she has given away 4.1 billion dollars (£3 billion) in the past four months to...

There has been a jump of more than 300% in properties being marketed as being suitable for home working, according to a website.

There has been a jump of more than 300% in properties being marketed as being suitable for home working, according to a website.