Ireland

Simon Harris is set to become Ireland’s next prime minister after the governing Fine Gael party appointed him as its leader on Sunday, following an uncontested election. The 37-year-old said it was the “absolute honour of my life” to be…

Ireland's data privacy regulator has agreed to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling of children's data, a spokesperson for the watchdog said.…

Thirty countries have been banned from entering the United Kingdom, following the rise in COVID-19 cases. Of the thirty countries banned, 13 were African, however, Nigeria was not on the list. According to a statement on the UK…

Ireland recorded no new deaths from the coronavirus on Monday for the first time since March 11, when the first fatalities were announced. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called it a “significant milestone”, adding on Twitter: “This is a day…

A woman who calls herself America's highest paid legal sex worker earning $1m a year has spoken out in defence of her job. Alice Little, originally from Ireland, refutes any claims she is a victim, adding she has never found another job…

Britain said on Wednesday it would eliminate import tariffs on a wide range of goods and avoid a so-called hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The government announced the measures, which it…

The archbishop of Lyon, the most senior French Catholic cleric caught up in the paedophilia scandals that have rocked the church, was convicted of helping to cover up abuse and handed a six-month suspended jail term on Thursday. Cardinal…

Nigeria has climbed up three positions on the 2018 Legatum Prosperity Index to become 129th among the world’s 149 countries. The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, a division of the United…

Ryanair faced its worst one-day strike on Friday after a walk-out by pilots in five European countries disrupted the plans of an estimated 55,000 travellers with the budget airline at the height of the summer holiday season, an official…

The leaders of the 27 EU countries without Britain warned on Friday that a lack of progress on the Irish border issue could threaten the entire Brexit deal. While the bloc’s Chief Brexit negotiator cautioned that time is running short.…