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Cancer charities have raised concerns about the effect of the pandemic on cancer research amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A man in his 70s has died in a collision with a van in the car park of a football club on the outskirts of Cork city.

Horse yard owners in Dublin's Liberties are concerned about how they will survive planned hotel development in the area.

A leading Donegal hotelier has said he fears the season is over and it could be St Patrick's Day before tourist towns like Bundoran see business getting back to normal.

The Governor of the Central Bank has said that there is nothing in the system stopping banks from putting further payment breaks in place for borrowers who have been impacted by Covid-19.

A Donegal GP has said that close contacts who receive a negative Covid-19 test are not getting the message that they need to restrict their movements for 14 days.

An American man has been sued by an island resort in Thailand over a negative Tripadvisor review, authorities have revealed.

Escaped slave, Frederick Douglass, is today seen as an inspiration for the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide. However, it was in Ireland in 1845 where he spent what he described as some of the happiest days of his life, tasting freedom and campaigning against slavery.

At least 23 people were killed when a Ukrainian air force plane carrying mostly cadets in the east of the country crashed, emergency services said.

Protesters taking part in an anti-lockdown demonstration in London have been urged to abide by coronavirus restrictions and warned that violence will not be tolerated.

French police have detained a total of seven people following an attack with a meat cleaver that left two wounded outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Many things have changed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, including how we receive healthcare.

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said there is every chance that other areas of the country might move to Level 3 of Covid-19 restrictions, but it was not inevitable.

US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has been the victim of threats and harassment, he told Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ's Late Late Show last night.

October is shaping up to be a tangle of high risk, high wire gambles where all the most divisive Brexit issues are supposed to get somehow resolved.

We are in a war with the virus and among ourselves, too. The uneasy consensus we had at the beginning has evaporated. There are new divisions among ordinary people, experts and politicians.

Lawmakers are set to grapple with the complex issue of assisted dying as a new Bill has galvanised support for a conscience vote.

There are estimated to be close to 18 thousand wolves living wild in Europe and in many areas their numbers are growing - but a controversial referendum in Switzerland this weekend could cement a law that would see the predator's numbers being more tightly controlled by shooting.

Gardai say one person has been killed in a suspected 'hit and run' incident in County Meath.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will address the 75th annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly today.