The group are said to have wanted to “trigger civil war-like conditions” in Germany.

Children and grandparents can now visit the hospital to see loved ones between 6pm and 8pm

Minister for Justice Simon Harris was attending the official opening of a new 999 Garda call handling facility at Heuston Station in Dublin

However, he stressed that does not mean Covid-19 is over as a global health threat

The coronavirus outbreak killed at least seven million people worldwide – and health chiefs stressed that the pandemic is not over.

Three cases of the new Arcturus Covid variant, known as Omicron XBB.1.16, have been confirmed in Ireland. It comes amid growing concern worldwide about its rapid spread

Arcturus, which is a subvariant of Omicron, was first seen in India and has been on the World Health Organisation's watchlist since the end of March

Mercy University Hospital in Cork has warned incoming patients of a high demand in their emergency department.

Sean Leahy, 51, pleaded not guilty to a charge for breaking the stay at home laws under the Health Act.

Consultant geriatrician Dr Ronan Collins was responding to comments from a former Nphet member on the State's response to the pandemic

Stephen Silver has pleaded not guilty to the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan.

The WHO first declared a so-called public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020.

The outcome will be issued early next week.

Cases have dropped significantly, but it will take weeks to ease current pressures facing hospitals

New research shows that many of those with the condition are presenting to the already overstretched hospitals putting additional strain on the health service

As of yesterday morning, there were 678 confirmed cases in hospitals – a rise of 11 from the previous day

Testing at Milan’s main airport started on December 26 and results showed almost half of the passengers were infected.

The HSE has urged people who have not yet received a Covid-19 booster vaccine to check their vaccine status and to do so as soon as possible

There has also been an uptick in admissions for flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

A health official was quoted in a local news outlet said Qindao was seeing up to 530,000 new cased a day.