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Passenger numbers at Cork Airport have plummeted with management now warning that numbers could be down by more than two million by the end of the year due to the impact of Covid-19....

Influence of wife of late former SDLP leader highlighted by mourners at funeral...

Dozens of sculptures made by an elderly Irish emigrant in London have been removed from a housing unit that became known as "Gerry's Pompeii"....

College students will have to wear face coverings during lectures if they are sitting between one and two metres apart, under updated guidance....

While we haven't entirely seen the last of drizzle, it may be possible to get a few barbecues in over the coming days....

Ireland will take on Italy at the Aviva Stadium on October 24 after the rescheduled Six Nations fixtures were revealed today....

There have been 50 new confirmed cases of Covid-19....

Travel agents are scrambling to get Irish tourists in Cyprus and Malta on alternative flights after both countries were removed from the government's green list....

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Fish and other marine life may have to flee thousands of kilometres to escape damaging heatwaves, according to new research, highlighting the scale of disruption caused by these increasing surges in ocean temperatures....

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A student representing Ireland has won the top prize at a virtual international science and technology fair....

The US government has announced a new $1 billion investment in a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson, guaranteeing 100 million doses....

Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has been left out of their 24-man Champions League squad for Friday's last-16 tie at Manchester City, casting doubt on his future at the club....

A video recorded during a wedding in Beirut yesterday captures the moment of a deadly blast at a warehouse in the Lebanese city....

Ireland winger James McClean has been voted Stoke City's player of the year in an online poll....

Many nations have rallied around Lebanon as it continues to deal with the aftermath of the huge explosion in Beirut that killed at least 100 and injured thousands....

Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump's claim that the Democrat is not fit for the Oval Office....

The deficit in the public finances was 7.4 billion in July, which compares to a surplus of 896m recorded in July of last year....

TWO former solicitors will face trial on indictment over an alleged conspiracy to defraud a number of Irish financial institutions....

SpaceX launched a prototype of its Mars rocketship hundreds of feet into the air, then landed it upright in a successful test flight....

Payment of corporation tax slipped in July, adding to an already huge strain in the public finances....

A strong showing by commodity stocks helped to push the London markets higher despite broadly disappointing service sector figures across Europe....

The Crown Prosecution Service decided it was in the public interest to charge Caroline Flack with assaulting her boyfriend, despite initially deciding just to caution her....

Television presenter Caroline Flack was "seriously let down by the authorities" and "hounded" by the press over her forthcoming trial in the weeks before she killed herself, her inquest has heard....

Sir Elton John and David Furnish have backed a campaign calling for the end of "racism and hatred" in the music industry....

Arsenal have announced they are to make 55 redundancies due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the club's finances....

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party's White House nomination because of concerns over Covid-19....

Publicans say they are getting ready to return stock to suppliers for the third time...

Dublin Airport recorded least amount of July sunshine in 34 years...

Investigators began searching the wreckage of Beirut's port for clues to the cause of the massive explosion that ripped across the Lebanese capital as the government ordered port officials put under house arrest....

Croatia's top ethnic Serb official has joined a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of a military victory that ended the country's independence war, setting a rare tone of reconciliation on a day normally charged with tension....

Six Nations bosses have confirmed rescheduled fixtures to complete the delayed 2020 tournament - and also plans for an eight-team expanded autumn Test series....

Around two dozen green turtles have been released back to the wild in Bali after the endangered creatures were rescued from poachers on the Indonesian holiday island....

FAI interim CEO Gary Owens has confirmed that Council members with more than ten years service may be able to retain their places going forward - provided they pass a new electoral code....

A cruise ship carrying more than 200 people docked in a Norwegian harbour on Wednesday and ordered to keep everyone on board after a passenger from a previous trip tested positive for the coronavirus upon returning home to Denmark....

Interim FAI CEO Gary Owens has said the association will come down hard on League of Ireland clubs if they find there has been any breach of return to play protocols....

The Maiden City mourned John Hume in dignity and solemnity as Ireland's great peacemaker was laid to rest....

Instagram has launched its TikTok rival - Reels - in Ireland as the Facebook-owned firm seeks to compete head-on with its Chinese rival....

Ireland's dream of winning back-to-back U-20 Six Nations Grand Slams have been dashed after their remaining two games of this year's competition were cancelled....

President Donald Trump said he is considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House in a move that would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes....

With pubs closed indefinitely, all but small weddings put on hold and no crowds allowed at GAA matches, it all feels a long way from Leo Varadkar's promise on that sunny evening in June that "the summer is not lost."...

The Scottish government has reintroduced lock down rules in the city of Aberdeen, after a number of Covid-19 clusters were discovered....

The funeral of Nobel Laureate and former SDLP leader John Hume has taken place in St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry. His son John Hume jr paid tribute to his father in a powerful and emotional eulogy. Video: RTE News Now...

DPP directs pair be tried on indictment by judge and jury at circuit court level, court hears...

When the IRFU were stitching together the picture for rugby's return to play in this country, you may have noticed a few Sevens games popping up on the radar....

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Katy Perry has described being pregnant during a pandemic as an "emotional rollercoaster"....

Two former solicitors have appeared in court in Cork charged with conspiring to defraud a number of banking institutions....