The President has urged people to show solidarity and concern for each other in fighting the coronavirus outbreak.

Seán Ó Fearghaíl as Ceann Comhairle will leave Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin neck and neck with voting TD numbers in the race to lead the next government.

The Taoisech Leo Varadkar has informed his Cabinet colleagues that General Election 2020 will take place on Saturday February 8.

The President said it was a challenging time for those depending on the kindness of others as they celebrate Christmas in a new country, and a new home.

The mother of one of the students killed in the Berkeley balcony collapse has vowed to keep up the fight to tighten construction regulations in California.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ruled out calling a snap pre-Christmas general election warning it would "not be in the country's interests", despite a number of Fine Gael ministers insisting he should go to the polls now.

Aileen Lee sits down with artist Valerie Walsh Jolley.

"Call me Leo," the Taoiseach said as he welcomed American vice president Mike Pence to Farmleigh House.

US vice president Mike Pence has firmly put his support behind Boris Johnson calling on Ireland and the EU to "negotiate in good faith" on Brexit.

US vice-president Mike Pence looks set to arrive in Ireland four days ahead of originally scheduled and is now likely to land at Shannon Airport on Monday.

Only President Higgins and runner-up Peter Casey had expenses reimbursed.

The President and the Taoiseach have paid tribute to one of the country’s favourite all-round entertainers, Brendan Grace, who has died at the age of 68 after a short illness.

Noel Whelan was much, much more than a lawyer and columnist.He was a powerful force for good on many fronts. And a vital part of the peace process in the North, writes Terry Prone.

Where it suited the cause and where it suited himself, Noel Whelan would make public his involvement in it. Why not?

Newly appointed US ambassador to Ireland Edward Crawford has pledged to strengthen the bonds between Ireland and America.

The tax-payer is set to splurge just over €350,000 on new bespoke, tailored uniforms for staff at Leinster House and Áras an Uachtaráin.

He has yet to sit his final Leaving Cert exam but an 18-year-old student from Cork has received the single largest annual classical music in Ireland.

Mr Corbyn was in Áras an Uachtaráin with meet President Higgins before heading to Government buildings.

It will involve a series of engagements in Dublin, Westmeath, Galway and Clare, and include a meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and President Michael D Higgins.

GSOC sent 17 criminal investigation files to the DPP last year, but directions to bring charges against gardaí have so far been given in just four cases.

Now that the championship has kicked off, or thrown in, in earnest you can almost hear people thinking about the All-Ireland final. Winners. Losers. And most of all, tickets.

Organisers of a large scale event in Dublin tomorrow to mark 20 years since the State apology to victims of clerical child sex abuse and a decade on from the publication of the Ryan Report have said they "regret" a lack of consultation with many survivors over the schedule and related issues.

Twenty years after being brutally assaulted in Ireland while visiting as a 17-year-old student, Italian Guido Nasi will meet President Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin today

The mother of an Italian man who was left paralysed following an unprovoked attack in Dublin in 1999 has thanked the people of Ireland for helping her family over the past 20 years.

Glamour editor Samantha Barry is settled in New York, but there’s no place like home, the Cork native tells Marjorie Brennan.

It is not only the question of airports which stimulate political rows. As we witnessed during the rapidly closing presidential election, the use of jets by our leaders also raises the collective blood pressure.

Presidential candidate Peter Casey has enlivened an otherwise comatose, and if the polls are right, pointless, waste-of-time-and-money race for the tenancy of Áras an Uachtaráin.

President Michael D Higgins has made a strong attack on Catholic Church actions in the recent scandals.

Michael D Higgins has reneged on his promise to serve one, seven-year term, but his 70% approval ratings show that it likely doesn’t matter, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

There is a substantial return from investment in breastfeeding, with mothers, babies, and wider society benefitting.

President Michael D Higgins is expected to make a statement outlining his campaign intentions when his nomination papers for the race for the park are submitted later this month.

Eager presidential hopefuls are promising everything, from rail lines to handing ministers their P45s to dressing up as Hollywood icons to entertain foreign dignitaries.

Here's all you need to know this morning.

Michael D Higgins must reimburse taxpayers for using publicly funded services, including cars, offices, or staff at Áras an Uachtaráin during his campaign for re-election, the State’s ethics watchdog has declared.

Foreign donations will be banned and individual contributions to candidates limited to €1,000 under draft guidelines for the presidential election.

The Tuam Home Survivors Network has savaged the appeal to the Pope by Children's Minister Katherine Zappone for funds for the Mother and Baby Home site, calling it "nothing more than a publicity stunt".

The Pope has paid tribute to the dignity of the homeless as he kissed a baby at a day centre in Dublin.

Pope Francis then planted an Irish oak tree on the grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin, becoming the second Pope to plant a tree on the presidential grounds.