Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney confirmed on Thursday that another 16 Irish people, alongside their dependents, had been evacuated from Kabul.

Sinn Féin councillor Ciaran Beattie said the partition of Ireland is ‘nothing to celebrate’.

The prime minister was speaking days after the death of veteran Dennis Hutchings with Covid-19 while in Belfast for a court case.

AROUND 100,000 people in Northern Ireland have failed the verification process for the high street voucher scheme.

DANIEL O'Donnell has caused a social media storm with his new music video featuring him dancing in a Hawaiian hula skirt.

AN anti-abortion group has called on church leaders to take part in a campaign to repeal Northern Ireland's laws on terminations.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan denied the government had “snubbed” Michael D Higgins by sending their own representatives to the event.

As nightclubs prepare to reopen, Micheál Martin said hospitality venues need to follow basic rules ‘to avoid restrictions coming in’.

A FORMER Santander employee has denied carrying out more than 60 separate fraud offences against the bank.

A pan-unionist legal bid to have the Northern Ireland Protocol declared unlawful is set to go ahead next month.

Boris Johnson said the way the post-Brexit agreement is being interpreted is ‘not coherent’ with the principles of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

Another four people have died after contracting Covid-19, the Department of Health has confirmed.

It comes after the chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan urged people over the age of 60 to restrict their movements.

Sinn Fein declined to attend the service of reflection at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh.

A man has been charged with the terrorism-related murder of MP Sir David Amess.

Authorities reported 22,415 new confirmed infections and 546 deaths in the past 24 hours.

The Northern Irish-born comic will explore his homeland’s recent history in his tour Borderline.

Dr Tony Holohan warned that this risks not only missing cases of coronavirus, but also respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu.

The country hopes the three-stage Nuri rocket will allow it to send communications and military intelligence satellites into orbit.

A total of around 7,500 people have been forced to flee since Cumbre Vieja began erupting more than a month ago.