Quiet Dublin city streets: Plans to suppress the disease and prevent further surges will likely see strict curbs in place for many sectors until the middle of the year. File photograph: iStock 3:53 Restrictions may be eased to Level 4 after March 5th, Varadkar says
Nearly half of passengers arriving into Ireland were on holiday - Taoiseach Nearly half of passengers arriving into Ireland were on holiday - Taoiseach

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A Garda checkpoint in Dublin recently. Photograph: Collins Q&A: What are the new Covid travel rules and how will they work?
Average loneliness among participants in the study during the pandemic was more than double that seen in 2018 and 2019. Stock photograph: Getty Images 2:28 One in five adults aged 60+ depressed during Covid-19, study finds
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly told reporters on Tuesday that 65,000 vaccines had so far been administered to residents and staff in long-term residential care. Photograph: Getty Images 4:27 Covid-19 outbreak in Dundalk nursing home claims six lives
Another factor that contributes to the escalation of conflict is where a parent adopts a strategy of intimidation, coercive or controlling behaviour. Photograph: iStock Pandemic parenting: Lockdown’s pressure-cooker effect on Irish families
Over 3,000 people have died in the Republic from Covid-19 since the pandemic began. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Covid-19: 54 deaths and 1,335 new cases reported by Nphet
Dara Ó Briain reveals his quest for his birth mother: ‘She said there was no choice in this’ ‘Hang on, am I adopted?’ Dara Ó Briain has spoken publicly for the first time about his adoption. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

The comedian has found tracing his birth mother ‘positive’ but the search ‘unnecessarily hard’

First-time buyer in 2021? Here’s what you need to know When it comes to borrowing, not only must you prove you can pay the monthly mortgage repayment, you must show you can pay it at a stress-tested level. Photograph: iStock

How to sort the financial side, anticipate hidden costs and generally avoid rookie mistakes

Karlin Lillington: Careless clicks can amplify misinformation Disinformation: So many of us who see ourselves as informed internet and social media users were fast to tweet the AstraZeneca story or seriously consider doing so. Photograph: iStock

Why were groundless doubts about vaccine retweeted by believers in integrity of fact?

Newton Emerson: Bad faith is testing Brexit’s house of cards Traffic on the M2 into Belfast: the people of Northern Ireland endure a daily torture of ridiculous sea border stories. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Structures put in place to govern post-Brexit EU-UK relations look unstable and confrontational

Gardaí believe teenager was not initially involved in disturbance Josh Dunne, who played for Bohemians FC, was fatally stabbed on Tuesday. Photograph: Bohemians FC/PA Wire 2:22

Josh Dunne from Ballymun died from injuries sustained in an incident in East Wall

Mayo's Clare Island one of State’s most infected communities Based on the cases on the island, Clare Island would have an equivalent incidence rate of 12,500 cases per 100,000 people. Photograph: Getty Images 3:51

Islanders are very concerned at the scale of the infection, which they blame on socialising over Christmas

British factories should make up AstraZeneca vaccine supply, EU says AstraZeneca was allocated €336 million in public EU funding to help the development and production of its vaccine in collaboration with Oxford University. Photograph: EPA

Deepening row over vaccines risks bitter EU-UK fallout

Some Government TDs urge tougher quarantine for travellers Róisín Shortall: “Home quarantine is a contradiction in terms. If you need to quarantine due to risk then you shouldn’t be in a house with other people.” Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill 4:27

Martin tells parliamentary party that nearly half of those coming into Ireland’s airports on Wednesday had been on holiday

Mairead McGuinness: They don’t call me ‘Elbows McGuinness’ to my face EU Commissioner in charge of Financial Services, Financial Stability and the Capital Markets Union Mairead McGuinness. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

‘I’ve always had the view that if I was able to do a job, I should put my name forward’

Court of Appeal upholds Minister’s refusal of residency card The Court of Appeal has upheld the refusal of a residency card for a Pakistani man

Pakistani man living with UK citizen brother sought card on basis he was ‘permitted family member’

WhatsApp’s decision to change its privacy policy causes unease among users When Facebook bought the WhatsApp messaging service in 2014, it pledged not to share user data with its other companies. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Decision prompts many to consider a switch to alternative service providers

Criminal gangs exploit children as young as 11, survey finds The biggest contributory factor for children being drawn into crime was being allowed out unsupervised at night, Garda junior liason officers said. Photograph: iStock 2:20

An estimated 1,000 minors across the State are engaged with criminal networks

Brexit protocol-driven scarcities drive North towards discontent Irish Sea border criticised in graffiti on Sandy Row in Belfast: the sea border was introduced for trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK due to Brexit. Photograph: Jonathan Porter/PressEye 4:30

NI stability at risk as empty shelves, VAT and red tape stir up constitutional anxieties

We must ask obvious question over shooting of George Nkencho A protest outside Blanchardstown Garda station over the killing of George Nkencho. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

The false narrative that a young black man was a violent criminal was all too easily accepted

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