The HSE is urging people to seek medical advice early in cases where measles is suspected, in order to minimise the spread of infection. The warning comes after an adult with a confirmed case of measles died in the Dublin and Midlands Health Region. It is the first confirmed measles …

A volcanic eruption has started on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, the third to hit the area since December, authorities said. Live video images showed glowing lava oozing out of a fissure illuminating a plume of smoke rising up under the night sky. “At 5:30 this morning an intense …

The US Supreme Court reluctantly takes centre stage in the 2024 White House race, as it decides whether Donald Trump should be barred from running again for president. The nation’s highest court is to hear arguments in the most consequential election law case since it halted the Florida vote recount …

The world experienced the warmest January on record last month, according to the European Copernicus Climate Change Services. Over the month, average surface air temperatures worldwide were 13.14C, which was 0.12C higher than the temperature of the previous warmest January, which was in 2020. The Copernicus programme also confirmed the …

Australians have welcomed new proposed laws that give workers the right to ignore calls and messages from their employers outside of work hours, but some business leaders slammed it as overreach. The “right to disconnect” is part of a raft of changes to industrial relations laws proposed by the federal …

The UK’s Prince William has spoken about his father’s cancer diagnosis for the first time as he expressed his gratitude to the public for their “kind messages of support”. William’s words of praise, delivered during a fundraising gala dinner, also recognised those who wished his wife Kate well, as she …

A commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a US strike, the US military has said. “(US) forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on US service members, killing a …

Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has approved a request from a terminally ill patient to decriminalise euthanasia and ordered the National Assembly to approve a law regulating the procedure within a year. Paola Roldan, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2020, petitioned Ecuador’s top court in August last year …

The new police ombudsman will need at least double the current number of staff at the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), an Oireachtas committee will be told. Last week, the legislation to establish Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, completed its passage through the Oireachtas. GSOC chief Rory MacCabe …

Dublin Bus is seeking to double the number of women drivers it employs. Currently, only 6% of its drivers are female. This comes as the semi-state company launched a recruitment drive for women called ‘More Mná Female Recruitment Drive.’ “We are so proud to have achieved our previous goal of …