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Over one million vaccine doses have been given in Northern Ireland. File photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire Northern Ireland: One further death and 89 new cases of Covid-19 reported
Vaccines being administered at the Helix, north Dublin: the second round of the vaccination programme will be dealing with big numbers all the time. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty 4:46 Pat Leahy: Second phase of vaccinations presents new challenges
Emily Kelly: ’A flight tomorrow would cost €1,100, pre-booking the hotel would cost €1,800. There’s just too much uncertainty’ Fully vaccinated Irish woman unable to fly home for brother’s funeral
AstraZeneca said it told the European Commission and member states last week that the batch required testing and would be delivered soon. Photograph: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg 4:19 AstraZeneca cuts this week’s vaccine deliveries to EU by half
Dr Lorraine Nolan, chief executive of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, estimates the risk of the unusual blood clot on the brain, which is possibly linked to the vaccine, at one in 200,000. Photograph: Stephen Collins/ Collins Photo Vaccines regulator would take AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab if offered it
New Yorkers: A loving oral history that doesn’t shy away from darkness New Yorkers is more concerned with the people who keep the city running than with the super rich.

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It’s time for Ireland to stop compulsory film classification The last Irish film censor, John Kelleher, who was instrumental in seeing through legislative reform in 2008. Photograph: Eric Luke

Hugh Linehan: Why should we classify DVDs and cinema releases but not Netflix?

Six common conspiracy theories and why it’s pointless to argue with them One conspiracy inevitably leads to another, and ultimately ends with a belief that everything is orchestrated by a shadowy cabal involving the Illuminati, or lizard people or, frequently, if they are anti-Semitic, “the Jews”

Mocking conspiracy theories is tempting but it doesn’t work. To change minds you must challenge

Pandemic relocation: The couple who abandoned Dublin for home in Co Mayo Kate Gleeson and Kevin Duffy at their home in Crossmolina, Co Mayo. Photograph: Keith Heneghan

Covid-19 and redundancy led the pair to a family property in Crossmolina

Two travellers from Israel released from mandatory hotel quarantine Derek Jennings from Clondalkin, Dublin with his daughter Hannah, after he was released from mandatory hotel quarantine at the Crowne Plaza at Dublin Airport. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

Derek Jennings, who is fully vaccinated, flew home to be with his dying father

Fintan O’Toole: I got a mortgage at 24 – unthinkable for today’s young adults Cairn Homes chief executive Michael Stanley cited what he described as a “mind-blowing statistic” that the home ownership rates among 25-39-year-olds is now down to about 12 per cent. Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

The great stabilisers of conservative Ireland – priests and property – are gone

Greek TV journalist killed by gunmen Killing of journalist George Karaivaz: At least 12 bullet casings were collected from the scene, a police official said.

Multiple rounds fired at George Karaivaz by two men on motorbike in south of Athens

Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: What's available in the Republic of Ireland and what else is coming?

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The imperative for lifelong learning Last year Ibec trained 5,000 managers in critical skills and knowledge, while more than 300 graduates gained diplomas and certificates with its strategic partner Technological University Dublin.
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Ireland has a lower rate of lifelong learning to some of its peers, but Ibec says companies must boost investment in upskilling, especially after Covid-19 abates

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The extraordinary and turbulent early life of Prince Philip Prince Philip of Greece at the public school of Gordonstoun, Elgin in Scotland December 1st, 1939. File photograph: PA Wire
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The Duke of Edinburgh was forced to flee his birthplace in Greece with his family as a baby

Article describing Limerick as ‘stab city’ did not meet standards, Forbes says Patrick and John Collison, co-founders of Stripe. File photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Billionaire Stripe co-founders called article detailing their ‘escape’ to Silicon Valley ‘daft’

Will any bank give my son and his wife a mortgage? ‘Your son and his wife should be able to access a mortgage. However, the situation is complicated by Covid.’

Q&A: Couple are living with parents but want a place of their own

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Jam Cards have been in operation on public transport and banks for some time now but now Lidl will recognise the cards from those with learning disabilities or autism

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