Dr Colm Henry, chief clinical officer of the HSE. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Covid-19 vaccination programme approaches ‘final furlong’ as 1,361 new cases reported
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Ireland’s Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan with their gold medals after winning the final of the men’s lightweight double sculls at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Photo: Morgan Treacy/Inpho Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy join Ireland’s Olympic immortals
Sean O’Brien (left) captain and TJ Ryan, secretary of Skibbereen rowing club. Photograph: Provision ‘It is like a dream’: Jubilation in Skibbereen at Olympic gold medal
I tried 11 popular insomnia cures. Do any of them actually work? Insomnia rates have soared during successive lockdowns over the course the pandemic. Photograph: iStock

From CBD to deep breathing – tried and tested remedies for a better night’s sleep

‘There are no rules now’: The gen Z women who’ve made pop punk the sound of the summer Pop punk: Willow and Olivia Rodrigo. Photomontage: The Irish Times

It used to be made by juvenile men in shorts. Now Willow and Olivia Rodrigo have taken over

The growing right-to-repair movement tackling throwaway tech culture In the EU, the right to parts and repair information is, for now, limited primarily to third-party repairers, not consumers. Photograph: iStock 5:27

Net Results: Consumers fed up binning costly devices due to manufacturers’ restrictions

Why are fraudsters blitzing us with scam phone calls? An EU survey of consumers confirmed that, in general, fraud is big business with Irish people among those most affected. Photograph: iStock

Smart Money: Scam calls are a business – the economics explain the deluge of fake calls

Rapist sentenced to 16 years for harassing victim, threatening barristers Michael Murray, (50), formerly of Seafield Road, Killiney, Co Dublin

Judge calls Michael Murray’s actions an ‘unprecedented’ abuse of process

Up to 500 high-priority crimes missed due to cancelled emergency calls Cancelled calls: Drew Harris told the Policing Authority on Thursday that 5,971 ‘priority 1’ calls were examined in a recent analysis. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Analysis shows 13% of recent cancelled high-priority calls involved a crime – Harris

Gaeltacht: Just 23% of families raising their children with Irish Research published today shows that 16 per cent of children under the age of 18 living in Gaeltacht areas speak Irish on a daily basis outside of school.

Only two areas remain where majority of children continue to speak Irish outside school

Hundreds of skateboarders stage protest outside well-known Dublin pub A large group of skateboarders protest outside the Temple Bar pub in Dublin following an alleged incident earlier this week. Photograph: Damien Storan

Teenagers demand apology from Temple Bar pub over alleged assault on Monday night

For a really great drive, golfer Paul McGinley heads to Dublin’s coast Paul McGinley is back in his hometown of Dublin, one of his favourite parts of the world. Pictured here at Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links, the area is a firm favourite with the golfer. Photographs: Conor Mulhern
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Tokyo 2020: Ireland’s rowing revolution strikes Olympic gold Gold medallists Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy of Team Ireland pose with their medals at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Naomi Baker/Getty Images

Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy get just reward for singles sculls domination

Young and Irish? Before you head for Canada, be sure you’d happily join Generation Homeless Generation Homeless: first-generation immigrants make up a significant part of Canada’s homeless population. Photograph: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty

I love Montreal. But the country I emigrated to is expensive, and the government’s little help

Israel to begin giving Covid vaccine booster shots to over-60s Verona Radosh (92) being vaccinated against coronavirus in Tel Aviv last December. Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images

Third jabs to be rolled out from Sunday as data shows vaccine’s effectiveness wanes over time

House-building bounces back with completions at pre-Covid levels The local electoral area of Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart had the most completions at 185 in the second quarter of the year. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

More than 5,000 new dwelling completions recorded in Q2, CSO figures show

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