1,000km project would rapidly deforest large areas of the rainforest, wreaking havoc on the planet

Protests across Brazil have slammed president Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the country's Covid-19 outbreak.

Company was forced to stop all cattle slaughtering as shutdown threateend to disrupt international food supply chains

The soft drinks maker's Irish operation was particularly hard hit by Covid restrictions

In Brazil, where deaths are running at about 3,000 per day, accounting for one-quarter of the lives lost worldwide in recent weeks, the crisis has been likened to a 'raging inferno'

Brazil is leading the world in the daily average number of new deaths reported and accounts for one in every four deaths worldwide each day

Dr Gerry Killeen says a regional response to the virus is needed as areas like Cork and Kerry crush the virus, while the likes of Dublin continue to see high case numbers. 

Half a billion people could be pushed into poverty because of the fallout from the pandemic unless urgent action is taken, suggests Oxfam's Jim Clarken.

Oxfam said 121 million more people face being pushed to the brink of starvation because of the Covid-19 pandemic

There is a decent card this afternoon in Navan and Nullifier get the nap to take the Bohermeen Handicap for Ger Lyons and Colin Keane.

A man who stole six kegs of beer from outside a pub will be sentenced later.

More than two dozen dead seahorses, two desiccated snakes and a pair of alligator heads were among the bizarre items that people unsuccessfully tried to smuggle into the country through airports and mail centres last year.

There have been no new deaths from Covid-19 recorded in Ireland, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

Des O'Driscoll has your telly picks for tonight.

A man who attempted to murder a teenager at a popular Dublin hiking spot and later tried to strangle a psychiatric nurse with a sock has attacked another prisoner in Mountjoy Prison with a hot kettle, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Gold steadied near $1,800 an ounce -- a level last seen at the end of 2011 -- as investors weighed the accelerating coronavirus spread in the US against tentative signs of economic improvement in some regions.

Arts Editor Des O'Driscoll serves up his top TV tips for the week ahead.

Irish swimmer Robbie Powell has been handed a one-year ban for a doping violation after Sport Ireland accepted that the then 19-year-old had applied the wrong cream to a skin condition late last year.

There is absolutely no proof that Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) can replace the global financial system, argues Eddie Hobbs.

Investors managing €1.9 trillion in assets are widening a campaign pressing oil majors to better reflect climate risks in their accounting, and will soon target other businesses with heavy fossil fuel exposure, the group said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says lockdowns are not the only option for countries that have a second wave of Covid-19.

The poultry sector, as the rest of the economy, is going through difficult times facing the aftermath of the Covid pandemic. This crisis was not caused by European agriculture, but it is ourresponsibility to maintain the investments already made and ensure our capacity to keep on following the EU standards of production.

Ex-Liverpool attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho is "definitely" interested in a return to the Premier League at some point, according to the Brazil international's agent Kia Joorabchian.

Hogan has been a European commissioner since 2014, initially responsible for agriculture and since late 2019 for trade.

The men are believed to be part of a hit team from South America, hired to kill a person.

The men are believed to be part of a hit team from South America, hired to kill a person.

Dr Scally told RTÉ radio’s Today programme that he did not know where Mr O’Leary had received his information, and that he was not certain that Mr O’Leary had the best interests of his customers at heart.

There was an eloquent, if perhaps unintended, comment on the EU’s sustainability plans, at an important event in the US last week.

In relation to the coronavirus - because at the moment everything is - why are countries led by women having better outcomes?

Liam Mackey describes the most unforgettable football match he's attended in his career

In the first of a new series on League of Ireland Legends, the great striker MICK LEECH recalls days of glory and controversy with Shamrock Rovers, a memorable encounter with Norman Hunter and how he almost scored for Ireland against Jose Mourinho's Da.

Each morning, as Ed O'Brien wrote the music for his first solo album, he would wake, make a cup of tea and hike to the top of a hill beside his cottage in rural Wales.

Declan Colley said the Peugeot 2008 baby SUV is a very good car by the standards of the segment, but less so by Peugeot’s own standards

Sharon Ní Chonchúir speaks to triathlete Dr Carolyn Hayes about shifting her focus from all-out training for Tokoyo 2020 to the virus crisis

Concerns are growing that some people are beginning to squirm more under the current restrictions the longer they go on. Nicole Turner is, if anything, finding it easier now than when the country was first put under lock and key.

Last week, about a third of US pork processing capacity and 14% of beef capacity was closed.

Carbery has said plans for the full opening of its €78m mozzarella plant are on track despite some disruption from the Covid-19 crisis.

Coffee lovers deprived of their favourite caffeine fix at cafes have turned to the internet to purchase beans online with a major surge in sales across Ireland.

Liam Mackey revisits an encounter with one of the few people on the planet who can get away with referring to themselves in the third person.

More than 700,000 people are now dependent on social welfare income supports, the Government has revealed.

Brazil’s response to the Covid 19 crisis has left much of the global community non plussed. None more so than the small community of Cork expats who call the South American country home. Ciaran Sunderland, spoke to a few of them.

NUI Galway is to hold two virtual conferring ceremonies for more than 300 medical graduates and their families.

The world’s largest fund managers are convinced the global economy is already in recession, and recommended increasing bond holdings in March to the highest level in at least seven years while buffering up on cash at the expense of stocks, a Reuters poll showed.

Even if the evolution of the fully opposable thumb was one of the vital toeholds in the conquest of the evolutionary Everest by homo sapiens, it is clear that hope, determination, and curiosity were every bit as important.