A wind chart for Ireland and the UK for 9am on Tuesday. Photograph: Magicseaweed.com Storm Barra poses a ‘danger to life’ as red weather warnings issued
Supports for hospitality sector to be reviewed by Government after ‘constructive’ meeting Supports for hospitality sector to be reviewed by Government after ‘constructive’ meeting

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Confirmed cases of Covid-19 increased significantly among those aged 14 and under in the week to November 26th, according to a report from the Central Statistic Office (CSO). Photograph: iStock Covid-19 cases up 21% in a week among children aged 14 and under, CSO says
Anthony Fauci: “If you get boosted . . . we feel certain that there will be some degree and maybe a considerable degree of protection against the Omicron variant if in fact it starts to take hold in a dominant way in this country.” Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg Initial data on Omicron’s severity is ‘encouraging’, says Fauci
New advice to schools issued this morning has stressed that children in third class and above should not be excluded from schools “in the first instance” for not wearing masks. Photograph: Bryan O Brien New masks advice: No child to be excluded from school ‘in first instance’
The booster jabs are expected to be administered initially by appointment only at vaccination centres for people who have had their second vaccine dose at least five months earlier. Photograph: Joseph Prezioso /AFP via Getty Images 3:21 People in their 50s may get Covid-19 vaccine booster earlier than planned
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Airport Covid checks: I followed the rules and had a test. Not a single official looked at it today Paris-Charles de Gaulle: at check-in I was asked for a passenger locator form but not my test result. Photograph: iStock/Getty

First we couldn’t upload our test results. Then only ‘one passenger in 20’ was being checked

George Clooney: ‘I was offered $35m for one day’s work’ George Clooney: ‘In general there just aren’t that many great parts.’ Photograph: Magdalena Wosinska/The New York Times

The Oscar winner on his new film, The Tender Bar, raising twins, politics, and falling for Amal

Una Mullally: Can we know what we lose when stages fall silent? We journey to live music to dissolve our despair, and now it’s time to properly care for those who create that art and connection. Photograph: Getty Images 5:15

The Government needs to put more money on the table to ensure musicians keep going

The 12 costs of Christmas: What can Irish households expect to spend? People in Ireland spend more at Christmas than pretty much every other country in Europe 13:21

Pricewatch: By these calculations, festivities could end up costing the bulk of €2,000

Q&A: What has changed with the latest guidance on mask-wearing for children? New advice to schools issued this morning stressed that children in third class and above should not be excluded from schools ‘in the first instance’ for not wearing masks. Photograph: iStock

Children who do not comply will not be excluded by the school in ‘the first instance’

Small anti-vaccine cohort can’t hold society hostage That anti-vaccine activists still use the same old tired and debunked canards about liberty suggests their grasp of history is on par with their understanding of medical science. Photograph: Getty Images 7:14

Much opposition to vaccination frames it as a personal choice, but this fails to understand that vaccination is a critical public health measure

On Syria’s ruins, a drug empire flourishes A poster of President Bashar Assad hangs from the ruins of a shopping centre in Homs, Syria, in 2014. Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times

Associates of Bashar al-Assad are making and selling the amphetamine captagon, creating a new narco-state

Funeral of 97 year old ‘bell-ringer extraordinaire’ takes place in Dublin The Most Reverend Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin speaking to members of the Galbraith family before the Funeral of Cyril Galbraith, the oldest bell ringer in Ireland, at Christ Church, Taney, Dundrum, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

Cyril Galbraith began bell-ringing in 1939 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick

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Owen Doyle: World Rugby throws soft paperback at Tomas Lavanini Tomas Lavanini saw red in Ireland’s game against Argentina. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho 5:39

Rassie Erasmus to make documentary appearance while URC still has officiating hole

Live music on TV more precious than ever in time of broken audience connections Singers Una Healy and Loah, presenters of The Heart of Saturday Night on RTÉ One. Photograph: Rich Gilligan

Funding scheme for music broadcasting should be repeated as restrictions return

What Michael Collins did, Arthur Griffith’s ‘secret deal’ and four other Anglo-Irish Treaty myths Anglo-Irish Treaty: Arthur Griffith, Eamonn Duggan, Erskine Childers, Michael Collins, George Gavan Duffy, Robert Barton and John Chartres in London on December 6th, 1921. Photograph: Hulton/Getty

Misconceptions have flourished since the agreement was signed, 100 years ago today

Spike in domestic violence reports in direct provision centres There have been 29 reports of domestic violence, sexual violence, or harassment of asylum-seekers in direct provision to date this year, up significantly from two reports recorded in 2020.

Increase in reports of domestic violence and harassment of asylum-seekers

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