An Afghan police special forces soldier smokes atop a Humvee turret at a frontline position in Kandahar which has since fallen to the Taliban. File photograph: Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times Taliban make further gains as Afghan cities continue to fall
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Total doses given 6,066,143
At least one dose 89.2%
Fully vaccinated 77.9%
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Anne Reilly, chief executive and owner of Paycheck Plus: ‘How do we know if a person needs special attention and care and minding, unless they come and tell us?’ Photograph: Alan Betson 7:33 Businesses between ‘rock and a hard place’, unable to ask staff's vaccination status
Dublin city centre outdoor dining and drinking where patrons have embraced the new normal. File photograph: Gary Ashe/The Irish Times 8:00 Reports of indoor drinking’s demise ‘may be exaggerated’
A further 1,978 coronavirus infections were confirmed in the Republic on Friday. File photograph: Getty 3:46 Coronavirus: More than 2,000 new cases confirmed
There are Murphys, Grogans, Kellys: The forgotten Irish on a distant Bronx island Hart Island: prisoners burying Bowery men in wooden coffins who were poisoned by drinking wood-alcohol. Photograph: Arthur Schatz/Getty Images

This is the final resting place of Irish emigrants who didn’t achieve the American dream,

Malahide: ‘I don’t know anywhere else you would get this sort of vibe’ The pedestrianised main street of Malahide Village. Photograph: Alan Betson

Pandemic boosts affluent seaside town into what residents are calling a ‘mini city’

‘You won’t need to microchip your staff if you sign up to Remote Workforce Monitoring’ ‘Er, you won’t need to microchip your staff?’ Honor goes. ‘Not if you sign up to Back To Your Desk – Remote Workforce Monitoring.’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Honor pitches her pandemic business idea at the annual borbecue

Remembering Omagh: ‘There were stories we couldn’t write because they were too horrific’ Omagh was such an unlikely target. A small town that had until then largely escaped the worst of the Troubles. No one has ever been convicted of the atrocity in a criminal court. Photograph: Trevor McBride

Most recall where they were when they heard about bomb that exploded 23 years ago

Sally Hayden: Climate change is human made, but not all humans have played same role in it Women and children walked for hours to get to food distribution points, ‘holding on for dear life [and] these were the ones who were healthy enough to make it’.

Unfolding famine in Madagascar reveals shape of things to come due to global warming

David McWilliams: Donegal to Dingle could become the world’s most innovative energy hub Carnsore Point windfarm near Rosslare – in the same way oil transformed the Gulf States, renewables could transform Ireland. Photograph: Getty 7:35

In same way oil transformed Gulf States, wind, wave and tidal energy could transform Ireland

Haiti earthquake: At least 29 people killed and many injured Residents of Port-au-Prince fled their homes after feeling the earth shake. Photograph: Getty

Prime minister Ariel Henry declares a month-long state of emergency

Irish Olympian Jack Woolley assaulted in Dublin city Irish Olympian Jack Woolley, who competed in taekwondo, was physically assaulted in Dublin city on Friday night. Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty

Taekwondo fighter (22) received treatment in hospital for injuries to his face

This striking library wall maximises space and makes this house a home Aisling Kelly’s book shelves are a defining feature in her home. ‘I remember the day we got them done and we had them filled with our stuff and thinking, yes, we got it right.’ Photographs: Al Higgins. Styling: Sophie McKenna
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A lifelong love of books provided the perfect inspiration for a standout style statement in Aisling Kelly’s Kilkenny home

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Irish citizens in Afghanistan urged to contact embassy in Abu Dhabi Pakistani soldiers stand guard as stranded Afghan nationals return to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on Saturday. Photograph: AFP via Getty

Department of Foreign Affairs expresses alarm at ‘speed and scale’ of Taliban assault

This is the boring bit of the pandemic, as we lurch towards the finish line Large numbers of passengers on the Luas in Dublin city centre on Friday. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie 5:19

Vaccination hasn’t been the expected silver bullet, especially against the Delta variant

Medicine costs could become unsustainable, report warns The Government review cites a 2018 OECD report stating that the high prices of medicines, especially for rare diseases with small numbers of patients, is not necessarily associated with a large increase in clinical benefits.

Spending review says that confidential pricing deals make it more difficult for HSE to contain drug costs

Tyrone pull out of next weekend’s All-Ireland semi-final Tyrone have pulled out of next weekend’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kerry next weekend. Photograph: Inpho

Joint-manager Feargal Logan doesn’t believe Tyrone could field a competitive team against Kerry

Discovering the true ecological value of Ireland’s peatlands ‘We are now looking forward,’ says Dr Mark McCorry, Bord na Móna’s rehabilitation and biodiversity lead. Video: The Production Company, photographs: Al Higgins
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