Covid-19 — the coronavirus that originated in China, is now a notifiable disease.

The outbreak of the new coronavirus has been described as “an emerging, rapidly evolving situation” by the HSE's Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre says the risk of the coronavirus outbreak coming to Ireland is "moderate to low."

The likelihood of a case of the new coronavirus emerging in Ireland is “quite low”, the director of the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre has said.

Dr John Cuddihy said Ireland had no direct flights to Wuhan in China where the outbreak is thought to have originated.

Kildare man Ben Kavanagh, who is working as a teacher in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has told of the precautions people are taking to avoid contracting the coronavirus.

All-Ireland champions Ballyhale Shamrocks had to work hard to dispose of a gutsy Clonkill side in today's Leinster Club SHC quarter-final in Mullingar.

The family of a woman who was stabbed more than 100 times by a man suffering a psychotic episode has described their shock at the manner of her death while she was a patient in a psychiatric hospital.

A man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who killed his parents with an axe has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin.

The family of a paranoid schizophrenic who killed both his parents has said they want to ensure that other families take action before mental illness turns to tragedy.

A paranoid schizophrenic who killed his parents with an axe has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

St Kieran’s College (Kilkenny) 1-15 Ardscoil Rís (Limerick) 1-13: The terms of engagement may have been changed for this latest joust, but the students draped in black and white still prevailed.

Kilkenny 2-18 Laois 0-11: All-Ireland champions, Kilkenny confidently claimed a place in the Leinster MHC final against Dublin with an easy 2-18 to 0-11 win over Laois at Nowlan Park yesterday.

A €500,000 National Lifeguard Training Centre will be officially opened today in the seaside resort of Tramore, following a unique collaboration between agencies.

A man charged with the murder of his parents in Donegal has been remanded in custody at a court hearing in Castlerea Prison.

Another week, another huge haul from TJ Reid and, predictably, another big victory for star-studded Ballyhale Shamrocks.

Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-15 Kilmacud Crokes 0-12

Sally O’Reilly’s letter, “Cuddihy deaths caused by a lot more than untreated depression” (Letters, September 3, Irish Examiner) is somewhat reactionary.

A judge has again ordered a psychiatric assessment on a Co Donegal man charged with the murders of his parents.

A judge has ordered a psychiatric assessment to be carried out as soon as possible on a County Donegal man charged with the murders of his parents.

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A man has been charged with the murder of his parents after appearing at a special sitting of Ballyshannon District Court in Co Donegal.

A man has been charged with the murder of his parents after appearing at a special sitting of Ballyshannon District Court in Co Donegal.

A builder who found a couple beaten to death with an axe in their Co Donegal home has spoken of the horror discovery.

A retired school teacher and his wife, a former nurse, have been found dead in a suspected double murder.

A 36-year-old man, who has been charged with the murder of a fellow patient at a Waterford psychiatric hospital, has been further remanded in custody.

A male psychiatric patient was charged with the murder of a female patient in Waterford at a special district court sitting last night.

A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Maria O' Brien in Waterford on Friday night.

By David Raleigh

Cork Cine Club’s new season of films starts on January 23 at St John’s Central College with a screening of the 2012 French film Rebellion (L’ordre et la morale) directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine), who also stars in the film.

Derval O'Rourke has withdrawn from this weekend's European team championships, dealing a further blow to Team Ireland.

WAXING, shaving and laser hair removal — just some of the ways sun-seekers here are prepping to hit the beach this summer. And that’s just the guys.

After all that controversy, all those appeals, all that furore, Ireland’s 4x400m were well off the pace in their heat yesterday.

Joanne Cuddihy walked off the Olympic track on Saturday night with a smile replacing the frown which dominated her face a day earlier.

Ireland's 1,500 metres runner Ciaran Ó Lionáird questioned whether he wanted to remain in the sport after finishing second last in his heat at the London Olympics.

There were mixed fortunes for Ireland’s boxers last night on a day when the track and field team also got a chance to taste the Olympic atmosphere.

Ireland’s proximity to London was seen as a positive ahead of these Olympic Games but it seems there is a counter argument to that theory.

Ireland’s Joanne Cuddihy has highlighted her fast start as something to mend after she qualified for the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the London Olympics as a fastest loser today.

Joanne Cuddihy has qualified for the next round of the women's 400m in London.

Robert Heffernan will captain the Irish athletics team at London 2012 it was confirmed yesterday.

Joanna Mills has decided not to appeal yesterday's decision to leave her out of the Ireland Women's 4x400m relay team in the London Olympics.

Joanna Mills may defect to the Great Britain squad in protest at her exclusion from the Irish athletics team for the Olympics.

Ireland’s Olympic Team manager said last night the women’s 4x400m relay team will put the controversy that embroiled the squad behind them and move forward towards their goal — a place in the Olympic final.

Joanna Mills has said she is disappointed but not surprised by the decision that has seen her left out of the Irish Olympic 4x400 metres relay squad for a second time.

Joanna Mills has questioned Athletics Ireland's plans for the sport in Ireland after it was confirmed that she had lost her place in the Irish Women's 4 x 400m relay team for the Olympics.