The Cabinet discussed a likely excess of AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccine doses accumulating, raising the prospect of them being donated overseas or languishing in fridges while many remain unvaccinated 3:08 Fears Delta variant could delay reopening of indoor hospitality from July 5th
State to sell 13.9% Bank of Ireland stake by year-end State to sell 13.9% Bank of Ireland stake by year-end

State’s plan to buy site of new national maternity hospital thrown into disarray 3:19 State’s plan to buy site of new national maternity hospital thrown into disarray

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Locals queue to receive a free Covid-19 vaccine shot during a vaccination drive in Kolkata, Eastern India. Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA ARY India declares new ‘Delta plus’ Covid variant to be of concern
Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci warned about the impact of the Delta variant, which now represents about 20% of all new Covid-19 cases in the US. File photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP White House urges young adults to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Outdoor seating at Grogan’s Pub in Dublin city centre. Indoor drinking set to reopen on July 5th. Photograph Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times Explainer: Will the increase in Delta variant impact the reopening?
Róisín Ingle: I’m fourth in the queue and I’m emotional. And I’m not talking about jabs I’ve travelled to Northern Ireland with my big plate for essential reasons: an essential family gathering. Photograph: Getty Images/iStock

I’ve dreamed of this for more than a year and a half. Don’t cry, I think to myself

First Look: New five-acre eco-friendly garden centre and retail complex Solas: the warehouse next to the shipping containers is home to a cavernous garden shop. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Solas Eco Garden Centre’s owners have modelled it on Amsterdam’s Pllek project

Michael McDowell: No serious unionist politician would discuss a united Ireland Nationalist Ireland may have to accept that its aspiration for unification will, at best, have to be articulated in a unilateral rather than bilateral process.

In a referendum a majority would vote by a margin of 60:40 or perhaps even 2:1 to stay in the UK

Darragh Ó Sé: Complacency cost teams last year and it will do so again this year Cork’s Kevin Flahive celebrates with Brian Hurley following the shock victory over Kerry in the Munster semi-final. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

Old adage of one game at a time has never been more relevant during knockout championship

Number of fully vaccinated people in 60s lagging behind younger groups HSE chief executive Paul Reid: he is expected to tell Wednesday’s committee meeting that more than 3.6m vaccines have been administererd 3:19

AstraZeneca vaccine has been used on those aged 50 to 70, but there is concern it is only 33% effective against the Delta variant after the first jab

Things on Donaldson’s to do list: Sort out Protocol, reunite party Jeffrey Donaldson joined the UDR and the Orange Order – he is a former assistant grand master – and the Young Unionists. One of his earliest roles was as Enoch Powell’s constituency agent. Photograph: PA

Feeling within the party, according to one source, is that the healing process has begun

In The News: Can Jeffrey Donaldson fix the DUP? In The News is presented by reporters Conor Pope and Sorcha Pollak

Podcast episode discusses DUP’s uphill battle to remain North’s most powerful party

Ireland among just three EU states to record rise in agricultural emissions The report examined efforts by member states to reduce emissions from three key sources: livestock, chemical fertilisers and manure, and land use. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times 3:19

EU’s €100 billion CAP spending fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, report finds

Discover gene therapy, the next generation of medicine Gene therapy is probably the most high-concept form of so-called “personalised” or “precision” medicine. Photograph: Getty Images
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Lions need Japan game to dust off some of the cobwebs Tadhg Furlong during the British and Irish Lions squad training session at the Stade Santander International in Jersey on Tuesday. Photograph: Gary Grimshaw/PA Wire 7:03

Murrayfield meet-up will be first game in six weeks for several Irish players on Gatland’s squad

Eurozone 2020: Third place prize makes a mockery of group stages Portugal could finish third in Group F and still progress to the knockout stages of Euro 2020. Photograph: Hugo Delgado/EPA

Jeopardy is removed and mediocrity rewarded; Denmark reflect on magical night

US rectifies ‘do not travel’ virus warning for Ireland The Irish grading on the US authorities’ map for travel guidance was on Tuesday downgraded from the highest ‘do not travel’ Level 4/red to Level 3/amber (as shown), advising US citizens to ‘reconsider’ travel. Source: US State Department

State accused of ‘own goal’ over slowdown in data exchange with EU, US believed to be related to IT hack

Irish people’s trust in media increases amid concern over fake news Irish respondents were generally sceptical of news they see on social media. Photograph: iStock 3:42

WhatsApp overtakes Facebook as Ireland’s most popular social media platform – report

Women’s Vision in Transition photobook: A picture is worth a thousand words “There is a feeling that communities most affected by conflict have yet to directly benefit from the dividends of peace. Areas such as the Titanic Quarter, although close in geographical terms, couldn't be farther away in socio-economic terms and we wanted to show that,”
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