The Government will outline in two weeks’ time what restrictions will be removed over the month of May. Photograph: Getty Images 4:16 Under-30s may get vaccinated before 30-50 year-olds under new plan being considered to slow Covid-19
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‘Passengers arriving into Belfast City on the first flight of the day from Heathrow on Thursday and who spoke to The Irish Times all had essential reasons for their travel.’ Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Lucrative Dublin run for taxi drivers as quarantine dodgers fly to Belfast
Micheál Martin: There will be mounting pressure from outside and inside Government to unwind restrictions, which must be managed. Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins 3:33 Mandatory hotel quarantine the unloved child of this Government
People in an observation area after getting a shot of Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India. Photograph: EPA/Divyakant Solanki Shortage of hospital beds, ventilators and drugs in India as Covid cases surge
Muslim women buy traditional sweets during the first evening of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s old city last Monday. More than 83 per cent of all residents of Israel who are eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 have already received at least one dose. Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images Israel lifts outdoor mask rule as vaccinations drive down infections
An Garda Síochána said that all occupants of a car taking a non-essential journey would be fined. File photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos Gardaí have issued over 20,000 fines for Covid-19 restriction breaches
The North: ‘Riots stopped because Prince Andrew or Philip or something – he’s dead’ Nationalists and loyalists riot against one another at the Peace Wall interface gates: “The language our political leaders are using is disgraceful and is putting people on edge,” says Eileen Weir. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Community workers say riots sparked by unionism’s loss of control and the manipulation of working-class youths not politics

‘They were putting up photos of girls nude from the neck down, insinuating it was me’ Alicia O’Sullivan felt ‘nobody was sure’ how to handle the complaint. Photograph: Andy Gibson

After her identity was stolen by the porn industry, Alicia O’Sullivan wants better training of gardaí

A ‘big, bold’ idea for Dublin city: A heated outdoor swimming pool in George’s Dock A swimmer diving into the water at Parliament Hill Lido in London. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

Whitewater rafting for the Docklands is still being discussed, but now there is a push for a lido

Dermot Whelan: ‘I have a skill . . . to make people laugh, lift people’s moods’

He's no longer just a comedian and radio host, but an author and meditation coach too

Jennifer O’Connell: Ireland is swimming in filth. Why do we tolerate it? The fierce debate raging about the future of the Poolbeg chimneys makes the relative silence about the toxic waste swirling beneath all the more startling. Photograph: iStock 5:59

Imagine what we could have if we treated this issue like the public health crisis it actually is

Fintan O’Toole: The DUP created this mess but now it belongs to all of us DUP leader Arlene Foster. Photograph: Cate McCurry/PA Wire 6:17

Unionism in disarray is dangerous, and tribalised glee at its plight is idiotic

Bóthar’s convoluted money trail raises questions Sr Viji Dahli is one of the founding members of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate and Collaborators and its mission director in Africa 1:29

The money from the charity should have helped trafficking victims in Tanzania, but did it get there?

Covid-19: Ignore stories of ‘scariants’ – the vaccines are working The Citywest Covid-19 vaccination centre in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire 5:37

Resistance to change has led Ireland down some very strange paths in this pandemic

Sustainability is the goal for this family from the sunny south east Nicola and Dvir with children Adele and Oran, at home in Tramore, Co Waterford. Photographs: Conor Mulhern
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Mother and baby homes: up to €1bn needed for ‘modest redress’ Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has asked officials to advance proposals by the end of this month, after which he will meet church leaders to discuss the findings of the commission of investigation into the homes. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times 3:00

Church leaders asked to make significant contributions to a compensation scheme

Over 30,000 holidaymakers used Dublin Airport before heavier fine imposed A member of the defence forces escorts passengers from Terminal 1 arrivals hall at Dublin Airport as part of the State’s mandatory quarantine system. Photoggraph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire 3:31

Higher penalty of €2,000 introduced after Taoiseach told Dáil €500 ‘not sufficient disincentive’

Accomplished La Rochelle now pressing their claims at the top table La Rochelle’s Irish coach Ronan O’Gara and the club’s director of rugby Jono Gibbes. Photograph: Xavier Leoty/AFP/Getty

Model old club deeply rooted in the local community now boast a team that can rank with Europe’s best

Ireland must be on top form if they are to send France packing Ireland’s Anna Caplice and Beibhinn Parsons during training. Photo: Ryan Byrne/Inpho 6:55

Jessy Trémoulière’s absence for the visitors is a major plus for Ireland on Saturday

Eamon Ryan to examine criticism of wording in Climate Bill Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan will consider points raised by climate experts on the wording of the Climate Bill. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins 1:29

Climate experts highlighted ‘fundamental flaw’ in letter to Coalition leaders

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