Customers wearing protective face coverings to combat the spread of the coronavirus, leave Sawers Deli in Belfast, Northern Ireland this weekend. Photograph: Pal Faith/AFP/Getty Covid-19: 60 more deaths, 3,231 new cases as Holohan warns too many still breaking rules
Further year of Covid curbs needed to protect public, says top health official Further year of Covid curbs needed to protect public, says top health official

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Paramedic with the National Ambulance Service Stephen O’Neill administering the Moderna vaccine to Eleanor Rossiter-Wallace of GPN Faythe Medical Centre, at the vaccination centre in Phoenix Park in Dublin on Saturday. Photograph: PA Almost all GPs receive first dose as mass vaccination centres open
Covid-19 probably arose in a horseshoe bat. But the biological and ecological steps it took to reach humans remain obscure. Photograph: Conor Kelleher Q&A: Covid-19 new variants in Ireland - everything you need to know
Senior managers in Dublin hospitals have been told that they will not receive any further first vaccine doses ‘for the coming week or two at least’. Photograph: Vladimir Zivojinovic/AFP via Getty Images Covid-19: Nursing homes to be prioritised for vaccination for 10 days amid supply shortage
A coronavirus billboard at the Beacon Hospital, Sandyford, Dublin. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times HSE boss ‘extremely frustrated’ at Beacon refusal to sign surge capacity deal
Customers wearing protective face coverings to combat the spread of the coronavirus, leave Sawers Deli in Belfast, Northern Ireland this weekend. Photograph: Pal Faith/AFP/Getty Covid-19: 60 more deaths, 3,231 new cases as Holohan warns too many still breaking rules
Infertility treatment: When will free IVF be introduced in Ireland? A cycle of IVF usually costs between €6,000 and €10,000 depending on which treatment is required and which clinic you are using. Photograph: iStock

People in need of assisted reproductive technology face large bills and little support

A guide to the festivals (probably) taking place in Ireland in 2021

Contingency planning is the name of the game for arts festivals and events in the coming year

Luke O’Neill: Scientists have delivered against Covid-19. Now the politicians need to A doctor prepares a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Cremona Hospital, Italy, on January 6th. Photograph: Marco Mantovani/Getty Images

‘When lockdown ends we have a chance to show we’ve learned from our experience’

David McWilliams: What a Doc Martens boot can teach us about the wealth gap The private equity company plans to float Doc Martens at a valuation of $4 billion. This means that a finance company will, in the space of a decade, make more than 12 times its original investment.

The company that made boots for punks and skins is floating on London’s stock exchange

Special needs schools: Families ‘deeply upset’ at reopening stand-off Advocacy organisations AsIAm, Down Syndrome Ireland, Family Carers Ireland and Inclusion Ireland criticised the lack of clarity being provided to children with additional needs and their guardians. File photograph: Getty

Department and Fórsa union issue contradictory statement over reopening plans

Church ‘more complicit than most’ in mother & baby scandal - McAleese Mary McAleese has said she was “surprised” by the “speed and humility” of the apologies offered by bishops and religious orders following the publication of the report by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes this week. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Ex-president ‘surprised’ at speed of apologies offered by bishops and religious orders

Centrist succeeds Merkel as head of Germany’s Christian Democrats Prime minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet. Photograph: Christian Marquardt / EPA

Armin Laschet wins runoff vote against arch-conservative rival Friedrich Merz

Uganda’s Museveni declared winner of presidential poll, rival alleges fraud Uganda’s Museveni declared winner of presidential poll, rival alleges fraud. Photograph: Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty

Wine accuses Museveni of fabricating results, calls poll ‘most fraudulent election in the history of Uganda’

Rathcoole Co Dublin is within city reach but has all the calm of the country There is plenty to keep you occupied in this southside village ad if you want, town is just a hop and a skip away. Illustration: Aoife Dooley
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How did Ireland jump from low Covid base to world’s highest infection rate? The State faces a hospitals emergency after the Government’s relaxation of coronavirus Christmas restrictions

Government departed from Nphet advice while many people ‘forgot there was a pandemic’

Trump prepares to leave for Florida before Biden inauguration US president Donald Trump will leave Washington on Wednesday morning, hours before the inauguration of his Democratic successor Joe Biden. File photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty
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Heavy security in Washington as preparations continue for next week’s swearing in

Miriam Lord: Why did the secretary general cross the road? Because he’s worth it Robert Watt is moving from Merrion Street to Baggot Street to take up his new job as secretary general of the Department of Health. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Forget the Fitbit – this short stroll is bringing one public servant a very healthy salary boost

Ralph Lauren ends Justin Thomas sponsorship over homophobic slur Clothing company Ralph Lauren has terminated its sponsorship of Justin Thomas. Photograph: Matthew Thayer/AP

Thomas has apologised but is expected to be fined by PGA Tour for incident in Kapalua

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