Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire Taoiseach says preparation work for Covid-19 vaccine ‘proceeding at pace’
Air travel should not be considered high-risk for spreading Covid-19 – ECDC Air travel should not be considered high-risk for spreading Covid-19 – ECDC

Covid-19: 12,000 people in Northern Ireland to get vaccine ‘before Christmas’ Covid-19: 12,000 people in Northern Ireland to get vaccine ‘before Christmas’

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Street traders are to return to Dublin’s Henry Street and O’Connell Street in the run-up to Christmas. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times Covid-19: Dublin street traders and council reach deal for run-up to Christmas
Covid-19 screening of nursing home staff has been ‘hugely important’ Covid-19: Nursing home deaths fall in second wave of pandemic
PayPal’s Maeve Dorman: “As we approach Christmas, the shift towards digital and contactless payments is even more prevalent than normal.” Covid restrictions conducive to earlier Christmas shopping
The Cabinet has given the go-ahead for the Department of Health to purchase the Moderna vaccine. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP Cabinet approves purchase of 875,000 doses of Moderna vaccine
The North recorded a further 15 deaths and 391 cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday Northern Ireland passes ‘sad milestone’ of 1,000 Covid-19 deaths
Lab-grown meat is approved for sale in world first Chicken bites developed by Eat Just using cultured meat. Photograph: Eat Just

Singapore’s approval of cultured ‘chicken bites’ is hailed as landmark moment

Banville criticised by fellow Booker winner for saying he despises ‘woke’ movement John Banville: “I despise this ‘woke’ movement. Why were they asleep for so long? The same injustices were going on. It’s become a religious cult.”

Wide-ranging Hay Festival interview tackles crime fiction, religion and the Irish novel

Gordon D’Arcy: David Nucifora does not believe he is accountable to the Irish public Is 2018 as good as it’s going to get for Ireland under Performance Director David Nucifora? Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Australian’s attitude to the press grates with euphoria of 2018 now just a distant memory

Kathy Sheridan: What was the purpose of Brian Stanley’s tweet glorifying mass killings? The past never goes away. It is in our DNA, our folk memory, our mindset. It’s what still sends men out to acquire guns and murder innocents like Lyra McKee. Photograph: Jess Lowe

Careless tweets from influential people like Brian Stanley matter terribly

Sinn Féin told by parties ‘apology not enough’ over TD’s tweet Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley pictured in 2014 with then party leader Gerry Adams and Mr Adams’s successor, current party leader Mary Lou McDonald. Photograph; Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Brian Stanley due to make statement this afternoon at Oireachtas Committee

Climate crisis: 2020 set to be ‘one of hottest years’ on record Ice continues to melt: The average global temperature in 2020 is set to be around 1.2 degrees above the pre-industrial baseline of 1850-1900. Photograph: Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

Ireland on course to record 10th consecutive year of above-normal temperatures

British readying for Brexit: They never saw it coming, mate There is a deliberate infantilisation of the British public who were not told about the real effects of Brexit in 2016 and who are still being misled about the relationship between their Brexit vote and the consequences they are now beginning to experience. Photograph: Robin Utrecht

Self-harm inflicted on the British people is the direct effect of Brexit itself

‘Rapid acceleration’ in Covid-19 insolvencies awaits tourism sector The Abbey Theatre in Dublin. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Call for greater support for sector and concerns expressed for live performance

Gorey Co Wexford is the town that’s the gateway to the sunny south east Gorey is not just a commuter town; in recent years, there's been a serious investment made in the area, in order to attract those seeking a better work-life balance. Illustration: Aoife Dooley
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Unemployment soars to 21% on foot of tougher Covid restrictions The latest figures point to a youth unemployment of 47.3 per cent.

Latest figures for November put the youth jobless rate at 47 per cent

Covid-19: 22% rise in cases detected in schools but infection rate remains low A total of 38 cases of Covid-19 were detected in schools last week following mass testing of 2,178 pupils and staff. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP

Number of positive cases rose from 31 to 38, the vast majority at primary level

Miriam Lord: Taoiseach's task force on vaccination fails to stem repeated jabs from Kelly Taoiseach does a quick bit of Christmas shopping in the Kilkenny Shop on Nassau Street but all he really wants is a dozen com-it-tees as stocking fillers.

But Micheál wants a buffer of taskforce proportions between a ministerial posterior and the blame

Fairytale castle in Kerry sold for €4.5m after 13 years on market An Culu, a 9,000 sq ft Gothic Revival style castle in Kenmare, Co Kerry, which was built in the 1990s out of a former “tea room folly” that once belonged to a different estate.

An Culu, a 9,000 sq ft Gothic Revival style castle, had been priced at €15m in 2007

Coronavirus pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for charities Christmas, always a critical time when it comes to fundraising, takes on an added significance this year. Photograph: iStock
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Charities showing initiative with greater online focus and fundraising events at home

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