“No health system in the world could cope with a full blown outbreak of the virus,” said Dr Scally.

It comes after Italian premier Giuseppe Conte extended restrictions on travel from the north to the entire country to try to stop the spread of coronavirus.

If there is one country you don’t want to be compared with right now it’s Italy.

Professor James McInerney called on Wi-Fi providers to take down pay walls to make access free for all so that people could work and study from home.

I awake to the sound of Alexa turning on Morning Ireland.

People who want to work beyond the age of 65 should be able to do so, Willie O'Dea told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland

The British and Irish governments on Thursday night published their estimate of what constitutes a “fair, balanced and inclusive” deal.

The comment from Supt Tom Murphy came after Aviva revealed that more than 10,000 motor insurance policies have been taken out by so called ‘ghost brokers’. The company said it is dealing with up to 1,500 policies that were taken out fraudulently.

The chief executive at Quinn Industrial Holdings, Liam McCaffrey, has said he and his fellow directors have been heartened by the support of customers, staff and the community following receipt of a second death threat this week.

Minister for Health Simon Health has defended his record in the area of mental health services and said he has been working “extremely hard” for the past three years to make up for “decades of neglect” of the service.

The club’s new hurling wall was also damaged by the flooding.

The Government has been urged to directly intervene in the beef price crisis amid escalating court actions and wildcat protests outside processing facilities around the country.

With some protesters continuing to defy court injunctions some processors sought to obtain attachment and committal orders that could lead to farmers involved in protest action being arrested.

Meat Industry Ireland said it is very disappointing that protests have resumed at a small number of beef processing sites.

Vice-Chairman of the Beef Plan West Region David Whelehan told RTÉ Radio's Morning Ireland that following consultations with members they concluded that despite a few small gains, the main key issues have not been addressed in an adequate or meaningful way.

Sinn Féin’s deputy leader Michelle O’Neill has said that a return to direct rule in Northern Ireland would be a retrograde step.

Keith Byrne travelled to the US in 2007 on a visa-waiver programme but overstayed his visa, and he subsequently set up his own business in Philadelphia, married an American woman and started a family.

The HSE’s chief clinical officer, Dr Colm Henry, has said that the so-called “IT glitch” with regards to CervicalCheck, is “unacceptable and shouldn’t have happened.”

Ahead of the closing tomorrow of the tournament’s first ticket application window, UEFA are urging fans to apply now to be in with what they describe as “their best chance” of attending games at the Euro 2020 finals.

Responding to comments made by the Minister on RTÉ Radio's Morning Ireland calling for both sides to resolve the issue in either the Labour Court or the Workplace Relations Commission, Mr Bell said that the Labour Court was not appropriate.

Cervical cancer campaigner Lorraine Walsh has said that it is crucial that the recommendations on quality assurance made by Dr Gabriel Scally in his second report must be implemented.

The new Bill “pushes to the boundaries” and represents “a major step forward” she told RTE radio’s Morning Ireland.

Micheál Martin has lashed out at Fine Gael's John Paul Phelan for interfering with the electoral process over the two 'cold storage' EU seats.

The Green Party has urged the government to go back to the drawing board on proposals for directly-elected mayors in Cork and Waterford and engage people through a Citizens Assembly process.

The head of advocacy at homeless charity Focus Ireland is calling on the Minister for Housing to look at the right to a home provision in the Constitution.

The delay in the involvement of the air corps in fighting the gorse fire in Donegal was because crews had to be assembled “from the four corners of the country” according to the Press Officer with the Irish Air Corps.

A spokesperson for the Adoption Rights Alliance has said that the proposal that adopted men and women will no longer be forced to sign an “undertaking” saying they won’t contact their natural parents in order to get access to their birth cert information “doesn’t mean a hell of a lot.”

The CEO of the Insolvency Service of Ireland, Lorcan O’Connor says that the Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan was “wrong” when he described the Abhaile service as “a sick joke.”

Damien Duff has criticised the FAI's "crazy" decision to appoint Stephen Kenny in advance as Mick McCarthy's successor.

Two Dublin schools have shut with immediate effect after problems were discovered during structural checks being carried out at 30 schools built by Western Building Systems.

"You have got to think about what can be enforced in the existing system without a second referee."

Promises, promises. It the sense of déjà vu that does it really. 

In excess of €500m worth of drugs have been seized by European law enforcement agencies since the start of the year, reflecting a substantial increase in trafficking across the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Since the news broke, Twitter has been lit with opinions on #Aras18.