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Members of the public out for a walk in Marlay Park in Rathfarnham, Dublin on Friday, as Nphet recommends extending Level 5 restrictions. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times Covid-19: Tighter restrictions on international travel under consideration
Coronavirus: 52 more deaths and 2,371 cases as EU vaccine plan hits fresh setback Coronavirus: 52 more deaths and 2,371 cases as EU vaccine plan hits fresh setback

How did a remote Mayo town become Ireland’s most Covid-infected place? How did a remote Mayo town become Ireland’s most Covid-infected place?

Coronavirus Pandemic

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Health minister Robin Swann: some Covid restrictions in North may remain after extended lockdown ends on March 5th. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/PA Wire Covid-19: Northern Ireland records highest weekly death toll since start of pandemic
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being prepared at a vaccination centre in Salisbury Cathedral. The British government is aiming to have vaccinated all the most vulnerable by next month. Photograph: EPA/NEIL HALL Covid-19: Proposed £500 payout for anyone testing positive in England
Blacksod Lighthouse on the Belmullet peninsula, Co Mayo. The Belmullet electoral area has the highest rate of Covid-19 in the State.  Photograph: iStock Coronavirus search: See how Covid-19 is spreading in your area
Dr Ronan Glynn: The ‘key thing’ is to reduce the number of people coming into the country in the coming weeks. Photograph: Oireachtas TV Covid-19: Current travel rules ‘will not stop’ all cases coming into State – Glynn
A member of the public pass the Heartbreak Social club during  in Dublin’s city centre. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Covid-19: Nphet warns of a ‘large number’ of deaths in coming weeks
It’s a Sin: The first great, gut-punch TV drama of 2021 is here It’s a Sin: the cast has a Trainspotting-esque quality of big names on the brink, such as Olly Alexander
  • TV, Radio, Web
  • 22:00

TV review: This is a self-consciously sprawling chronicle of the Aids epidemic in London

‘I should be feeling despondent. I don’t’: Chefs dish up the truth about life in lockdown Irish chefs Aidan McGee, Shauna Froydenlund, Robin Gill, Anna Haugh and Kevin Burke at the London launch of Food on the Edge 2019. McGee, Froydenlund and Haugh are among the contributors to Lessons from Lockdown: Cooking after Covid.
  • Food & Drink
  • 06:15

Cooks from around the world share searingly honest accounts of Covid-19’s impact in a new book

Concern over length of time between people showing Covid symptoms and testing Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan: he  said the find-test-trace-isolate process was vital to controlling the spread of infections. Photograph:  Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
  • Health
  • 19:56

Holohan urges people to contact their GP as soon as symptoms occur so contacts can be traced

Covid-19: We've made substantial progress but are a long way from where we need to be  A patient being brought  to a  Covid emergency department. Levels of infections among healthcare workers are up to six times higher than in the community, with significant levels of undiagnosed infection among asymptomatic staff. Photograph: Alan Betson
  • Health
  • 01:00

The level of infections in healthcare is inexcusable, and the population is traumatised the last botched reopening

Miriam Lord: Healy-Rae scooting around and giving the Honda 50 a run for its money New Irish Ambassador to Bulgaria Martina Feeney inspecting the guard of honour provided by the Bulgarian National Guard in Sofia.
  • Politics
  • 01:00

Meanwhile, Bulgarians put on a show for new Irish Ambassador in Sofia

Remote-working ‘revolution’ bringing people back to towns and villages Paula and Freya Crotty, who recently moved back to Kilkee from Limerick, out for a walk on the beach. Photograph: Eamon Ward
  • Irish News
  • 01:00

Population of west Clare resort Kilkee jumps as more people take up residence

Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘We have a duty not to forget’ Jadzia Kaminska with her father Jan Kaminski:  ‘I’m really proud of who he was and how he managed to live his life’
  • Social Affairs
  • 01:00

Jadzia Kaminska, whose father escaped the Nazi death camps, sees racism rising here

Jennifer O'Connell: Biden’s cabinet looks like America. The Dáil doesn’t look much like Ireland   US president Joe Biden’s cabinet is more or less evenly divided on gender. One in five of his secretaries are black; one in 10 is of Asian descent; 15 per cent are Latina. Photograph: Al Drago/POOL/EPA
  • Opinion
  • 01:18

People who say it shouldn’t matter are used to seeing their own image reflected back to them

‘Yesterday’s man’: Unionists on Osborne’s united Ireland warning Scornful hauteur: George Osborne. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty
  • Irish News
  • 03:00

Former UK chancellor’s scathing comments must be demoralising for many unionists

‘Try and keep me out’: Biden officially invited to visit Ireland US president Joe Biden’s ancestors emigrated from Co Mayo and Co Louth. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images
  • Irish News
  • 23:07

Coveney says Covid-safe options for St Patrick’s Day visit to US being explored

Fashion is in a slump, but there are saviours at hand Coming to a retail site near you... Lady Gaga wears an eye-catching dove brooch as she sings at Joe Biden’s inauguration  in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP
  • Retail & Services
  • 05:41

Amid rise of hibernation ‘hatewear’, retailers need to tap into every new trend possible

Weekend weather warning issued as snow and freezing conditions forecast Snow in the Wicklow Gap in County Wicklow, Ireland earlier in January. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
  • Irish News
  • 14:00

Yellow warnings apply to entire island as temperatures to fall to -4 degrees

Trump impeachment trial set to loom over Biden’s first weeks in office US president Joe Biden addresses his administration’s response to the economic crisis in the state dining room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/CNP/Bloomberg
  • US
  • 00:33

Senate trial will not start until week beginning February 8th, giving both sides an opportunity to prepare their arguments

A triumph of science and innovation The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, received conditional marketing authorization by the EMA in December and is now being rolled out nationwide. Photograph: Getty images
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‘Yesterday’s man’: Unionists on Osborne’s united Ireland warning 03:00
Covid-19: Tighter restrictions on international travel under consideration 03:00
Taoiseach appeals to China to reopen market to Irish beef urgently 01:00
Harsh new punishments for human trafficking planned 01:00
 Archbishop of Dublin John Charles McQuaid arriving at the Pro Cathedral for the funeral of president Sean T O’Kelly in 1966. Photograph: Tommy Collins
Opinion McQuaid’s shadow hangs over mother and baby homes
 
Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic exercises in his hotel room in Melbourne. Photograph:  William West/AFP via Getty Images
Australian Open Tennis stars should quarantine their entitlement
 
Author Bryan Washington describes his debut novel, Memorial, as ‘a gay slacker dramedy’.
Book of the Day Memorial: The complicated love story of a young gay couple
 
Winter Nights The Irish Times online festival: line-up and tickets
 

Business

Employees work on manufacturing vials of  AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Getty Images AstraZeneca to fall short of initial EU vaccine delivery target
  • Health

Glitch in production means initial volumes will be ‘lower than originally anticipated’

‘Drop extraneous activities not specifically related to the end goal and remove the clutter of unnecessary check-ins, meetings or zoom calls’. Photograph: Getty Images. Getting through lockdown number three at work is all about staying focused
Fenergo founder and chief executive Marc Murphy “We’re continuing to sign up the biggest banks and financial services institutions in the world...” Fenergo on acquisition trail as revenue and headcount rises
  • Shellfish protests, Doc boots and expensive places to live
  • Question mark hangs over fast-track housing legislation

Sport

 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: ‘I am not a five-year-old kid any more and if I don’t get what I want I start crying.’ Photograph:   Adam Davy/PA Wire Klopp says he will not have tantrum over inability to sign a centre back
  • English Soccer

Liverpool come into FA Cup clash against United on longest league goal drought in 21 years

Mick McCarthy is set to be appointed Cardiff manager. Photo: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images Mick McCarthy appointed Cardiff City manager
Wolves’ Vitinha  scores his side’s first goal  during the  FA Cup fourth-round match against Chorley  at Victory Park. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Wire Dream ends as Wolves show Chorley that sometimes it hurts instead
  • Garry Ringrose returns as Leinster and Munster name teams
  • Hatton roars clear in Abu Dhabi as McIlroy’s game deserts him in the desert

Columnists

Donald Clarke Donald Clarke - Chief Film Correspondent

Don’t tell me now that you never liked Woody Allen or Phil Spector’s work

Fionnuala Fallon Fionnuala Fallon - Gardening Correspondent

10 quick ways to get your garden in shape right now

Jennifer O'Connell Jennifer O'Connell -

Jennifer O'Connell: Biden’s cabinet looks like America. The Dáil doesn’t look much like Ireland

Cliff Taylor Cliff Taylor -

Cliff Taylor: Travel restrictions to toughen as another year of staycations looms

Life & Style

This is a good time of the year to trim and prune many bushes and trees 10 quick ways to get your garden in shape right now
  • Fionnuala Fallon

Feel like getting your hands dirty? These pointers will kick-start your garden's return to loveliness

Covid-19 has now forced the Irish auction industry to conduct online only auctions. What are my rights when buying online at auction?
Pair of early 20th century hand dyed leather Chesterfield club chairs €600- €1,200 Home comforts to indulge at online decorative sale
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  • Dog spends days outside hospital waiting for owner

Culture

Ralph Fiennes as Basil Brown in The Dig. Photograph: Larry Horricks/Netflix Ralph Fiennes: ‘English society is built on hierarchies’
  • Donald Clarke

The actor on playing a high-achieving, under-recognised archeologist, and English society

Arlo Parks: ‘When you think about the young artists making music together, the young painters, the young fashion designers – the future of art is bright.’ Arlo Parks: ‘We’re all individuals in Generation Z’
It’s a Sin: the cast has a Trainspotting-esque quality of big names on the brink, such as Olly Alexander It’s a Sin: The first great, gut-punch TV drama of 2021 is here
  • Behind Her Eyes: Eve Hewson could have found star-making role in Netflix thriller
  • Call My Agent! season four: The best thing since buttered croissant

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Author Bryan Washington describes his debut novel, Memorial, as ‘a gay slacker dramedy’. Memorial: The complicated love story of a young gay couple
  • Books
A woman walks past the tent of a homeless person on Grafton Street in Dublin during lockdown. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire 5:53 Covid-19 is now a global problem in search of an Irish solution
  • Business

Opinion

The stigma attached to illegitimacy was not exclusively Catholic The stigma attached to illegitimacy was not exclusively Catholic

Jennifer O'Connell: Biden’s cabinet looks like America. The Dáil doesn’t look much like Ireland Jennifer O'Connell: Biden’s cabinet looks like America. The Dáil doesn’t look much like Ireland

Highlights

Maureen Gaffney: The land of the mother and baby homes

Maureen Gaffney: The land of the mother and baby homes The Mother and Baby Homes report triggers a wash of memories of those grey decades

Fintan O’Toole: Nicola Sturgeon’s staunch ally in her push for independence – Boris Johnson

Brexit could help Scotland’s first minister over some of the obstacles to independence

Irish GPs fighting third-wave Covid: On the front line of the world’s worst outbreak

Doctors in some of the worst-hit areas are noticing marked change in early symptoms

Brexit

‘Yesterday’s man’: Unionists on Osborne’s united Ireland warning

‘Yesterday’s man’: Unionists on Osborne’s united Ireland warning Former UK chancellor’s scathing comments must be demoralising for many unionists

Ireland ‘not at all happy’ about ‘disproportionate’ fish quota loss - Minister

Charlie McConalogue says EU members have not respected principle of post-Brexit burden sharing

EU-UK row over ambassador’s status worsens amid leak of letter

Foreign affairs chief raises concerns over UK refusal to grant EU mission full diplomatic status

Irish Times Video

'Best day in years' - Kildare nursing home residents and staff get the vaccine 2:53 'Best day in years' - Kildare nursing home residents and staff get the vaccine

Inside an Irish ICU: 'We are nowhere near the Covid-19 peak' 5:40 Inside an Irish ICU: 'We are nowhere near the Covid-19 peak'

Abroad

Paul McNamara performing in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at Würzburg opera house in 2009. File photograph ‘I’m really a bit of a home bird,’ despite 30 years of touring
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Wild Geese: Tenor Paul McNamara lives in Berlin and has performed all over Europe

Owen Cann, who makes tiny houses and tiny furniture for his company  TinyBerlin with his wife  Silvia and their two daughters Luna and Alana The Irishman with big hopes making tiny houses in Berlin
Hilary McCormack: in an effort to keep our spirit of adventure, my friends and I took to exploring the kingdom Letter from Saudi Arabia: ‘The Irish here are all in the same boat’
  • Hong Kong – ‘Not the kind of place you would come on your own’
  • An Irishwoman in the US: Picking up the pieces after a warning shot to democracy

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How digital technology can play a role in building workforce resilience How digital technology can play a role in building workforce resilience

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1 How did a remote Mayo town become Ireland’s most Covid-infected place?

2 ‘I got a burning smell in my nose’: Third-wave Covid-19 patients share their experiences

3 ‘Yesterday’s man’: Unionists on Osborne’s united Ireland warning

4 Covid-19: Tighter restrictions on international travel under consideration

5 Concern over length of time between people showing Covid symptoms and testing

6 Wedding with 400 guests discovered at north London school

7 For the first time in my life I am beginning to doubt Ireland

8 Beyond the guidelines: How not to get Covid-19 this weekend

9 Australian Open: Tennis stars should quarantine their vulgar display of entitlement

10 Coronavirus: 52 more deaths and 2,371 cases as EU vaccine plan hits fresh setback

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Thin stuff: Alison Steadman and Dave Johns in 23 Walks 23 Walks

 

The access is startling and occasionally disconcerting 76 Days

 

The White Tiger: Adarsh Gourav as Balram and Priyanka Chopra as Pinky Madam. Photograph: Singh Tejinder/Netflix White Tiger

 

Mother & Baby Homes Report See here for comprehensive reporting and analysis
 

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 Dog waits for owner for a week outside hospital 1:27 Dog waits for owner for a week outside hospital
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Covid-19: Holohan says 'clear progress is being made' 1:21 Covid-19: Holohan says 'clear progress is being made'
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