The Republic of Ireland is to continue at its highest level of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions until at least 5 April.more

Passengers who flout new mandatory hotel quarantine laws could face €4,000 fines and a month in prison.more

A dental practice in Tenerife has stopped taking appointments from Irish patients after it experienced a surge in bookings in the past fortnight, only for some of the patients not to show up.more

Ireland expects to retain strict COVID-19 health measures at least until Easter, Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday.more

Ireland extends the requirement to have a negative coronavirus test result on entry until March 5, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs service "Pole abroad" informed today.more

B117 variant first identified in the UK is now accounts for 70 per cent of samples tested in Ireland, according to officials.more

It is “very unlikely” that Irish people will be able to go on foreign summer holidays this year as herd immunity is unlikely to have been achieved in time, Ireland’s deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.more

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government has decided to extend the Level 5 restrictions until 5 March with a view to crushing the numbers of those contracting the disease and in turn the numbers needing hospitalisation and intensive care.more

This is one of the funniest holidays and one of the most colorful. However, this year, due to the pandemic, the celebrations and grand parades will be virtual. The organizers ensure that it will not be less spectacular.more

A JOB vacancy on one of the country’s most iconic islands, which has no hot running water and electricity, is up for grabs again. Last year more than 40,000 applications were made for two summer caretaker jobs on the remote Great Blasket Island.more

The Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheal Martin, apologized yesterday on behalf of the state to tens of thousands of women who, due to the social lack of acceptance for illegitimate pregnancies, ended up in single mother's homes. He also issued an apology to their children.more

Thousands of children have died in church-run homes for unmarried women and their babies during the 20th century in Ireland, a report published by an independent commission on Tuesday said.more

The Government has announced tightened controls on travel into the Republic amid the Covid-19 pandemic, extending pre-departure testing to all countries.more

In Ireland, the number of infections with the type of coronavirus detected in the UK is increasing. The latest research has found it in more than half of the tests carried out, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced today.more

Ireland announced its strictest lockdown measures since early last year on Wednesday as a “tsunami” of infections caused by a new COVID-19 variant pushed hospitalisations to a record high and sparked fears the healthcare system could be overwhelmed.more

Ireland on Wednesday reported a record 7,836 COVID-19 cases, up from Monday’s previous high of 6,110, as the country’s chief medical officer said a highly transmissible strain first recorded in Britain had become more widespread.more

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said 135,000 people in Ireland will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of next month.more

Deputy chief medical officer Ronan Glynn told a briefing on Monday that there have been 6,110 new cases and six further deaths.more

Ireland will return to Level 5 restrictions for a least a month in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, prime minister Micheal Martin has said.more

The Irish vaccination programme and rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will begin on Tuesday, December 29th, HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said.more

The disputed provision on fisheries, which appeared in the text of the agreement on commercial relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union, became the last-minute delay in the final stage before its signing, announced the head of Irish diplomacy, Simon Coveney.more

The new Covid-19 variant is now in Ireland, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet).more

Ireland is returning from Thursday to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, the fifth, which marks a lockdown, although some modifications will be made, the government in Dublin announced today. They will be valid until January 12.more

Ireland is now in a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, public health experts have said, with people being urged to stay at home and stop socialising.more

It will be hard to reach a Brexit trade deal in the next 24 hours and the whole negotiation could collapse over an impasse between the two sides on fishing rights, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was quoted as saying.more