More than half of recent positive tests in Britain were found to be a variant of XFG

DAA operates airports in Dublin, Cork and abroad, including a terminal of King Khalid International Airport.

Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made.

Our Irish Independent writers take a moment to reflect on their decades in life, and what Budget 2027 means to them.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth '80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” has died.

The World Health Organization says that a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the country.

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He had a successful career as a novelist and was made a life peer in 1992

Corinna Hardgrave was widely respected for her skilled food writing, but always ensured her first duty as a critic was to the reader

‘I have lost my beautiful wife, Niamh, and my best friend’

Protesters have clashed with police across the country for a second week

Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that opened up a new era in neuroscience, allowing the mapping of the brain by controlling nerve signals with li...

The move came after the Houthis said they had captured more territory in Yemen

The move follows mounting pressure over the country’s housing crisis

America is not so exceptional any more — and the New World is becoming more like the Old

The withdrawal came amid security concerns around the base where several suspects were arrested last week in connection to a suspected plot.

Polls have closed in Brazil as voters select a new president. Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seeking a fourth term against his rival, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro.

Prominent member of the press will be remembered for famous images of Bertie Ahern and Willie O’Dea

Only the tiniest fraction of the flour needed to bake the 50kg of bread we eat a year is grown and milled in Ireland, and the cost of what we import is sky rocketing. We take a look at what needs to b...