It seems the coming days will determine how Taiwan is remembered in the fight against Covid-19.

Yesterday saw the largest jump by far in the number of people diagnosed with Covid 19 in this state. The increase of 191 people pushes the figure infected up from 336 to 557 in the south of Ireland. This is a jump of 52% in one day. Overall, there are 634…

BREAKING: Ireland now has 683 cases of coronavirus. Italy had 655 cases on 27th Feb, and that rose to over 41,000 by yesterday. Tim Jackson says Ireland must...

In times of crisis, there’s always someone ready to make a wisecrack about the situation. However, the people of New Berlin, Wisconsin, probably didn’t expect that with the covid-19 emergency the smart aleck would be their own local police department. 

The right to privacy is something that any democratic government should respect and defend, rather than ignore or even destroy, as the government of China appears to be doing.

This week marked the centenary of the killing of Tomás MacCurtáin, Mayor of Cork, who was shot dead by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on March 20th, 1920. MacCurtain had been elected the first Republican Mayor of Cork City, and was assassinated in front…

On Wednesday night, while 90 percent of the world was coming to grips with the impact of the coronavirus on their lives, a majority in the New Zealand Parliament voted into law one of the most extreme abortion regimes on the planet. That’s right. Just when…

A few days it was my birthday. I am 35 now and so am feeling proper-old. Not elderly, but like a proper grown-up. I suppose three children, a house, a mortgage, a job and an aching knee should be enough to remind me of my grown-up status, but a half-decade…

The only specialised euthanasia clinic in the Netherlands has closed its doors during the coronavirus pandemic. The Euthanasia Expertise Center, formerly known as the End of Life Clinic (Levenseindekliniek), is located in The Hague and provides counselling…

The President of the Irish Health Consultants Association (IHCA) has written to Health Minister, Simon Harris, because of reports of "widespread shortages" of protective clothing and equipment for frontline heath workers. However, the HSE confirmed that new…

You’ve had a baby, it’s great! You look to the future with promise and hope, and trust that those around you will be as positive as they were throughout the last nine months.

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan celebrated Mass on the ancient monastic site of St Declan in Ardmore, Co. Waterford yesterday.

Vulnerable and elderly people must not be discriminated against in this crisis. #gript Donate today to Gript! https://gript.ie/donate-to-gript/ See more at h...

Russia has reported a total of 438 confirmed coronavirus cases, with only one death so far. 

Queues.

Locals on Achill Island have expressed dismay and concern at the behaviour of visitors at the weekend who are failing to observe social distancing during the COVID-19 crisis.

These Italian mayors are setting the bar when it comes to enforcing their lockdowns.

The fallen Madonna with the big.....