Nurse Lisbeth Brown takes care of a Covid-19 patient in the ICU of the Sharp Grossmont Hospital, amid coronavirus pandemic in La Mesa, east of San Diego, California this week. Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA ‘Pipeline’ of Covid-19 patients into ICU a challenge for hospitals, says HSE chief
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Dr Tony Holohan at a Covid-19 media briefing at the Department of Health. File photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Crowded hospitals ‘battling’ to save lives but Ireland is starting to flatten the Covid-19 curve through ‘solidarity’
Taoiseach Micheál Martin during a session of Dáil Éireann at the Convention Centre in Dublin’s City Centre. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Coronavirus: 77 deaths and 1,910 more cases of Covid-19 reported as Ireland faces more restrictions and vaccine delays
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‘I’d go for a pint with Willem de Kooning and dinner with Francis Bacon’ Francis Bacon in his early twenties photo by Francis Julian Gutmann, Courtesy MB Art Collection

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Kremlin accuses US of backing anti-Putin rallies across Russia Riot police detain a woman during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Pushkin square in Moscow. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo

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Widespread snow and ice sees many roads impassable with frost on the way Joggers in Rossmore, Co Carlow after large parts of the country were covered in snow. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Severe frost expected to set in on Sunday night, with icy stretches and freezing fog

‘I think my friend’s in an abusive relationship and I don’t know how to help her’ Offering your friend a few codewords so she can signal to you that there’s an emergency could also be a lifesaver later on.

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Gsoc tells ICCL it is ‘well aware’ of obligations in George Nkencho inquiry A protester holds up a photo of George Nkencho (27) at a rally outside Blanchardstown Garda station. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Any racial or ethnic bias within Garda needs to be examined, civil liberties group says

More than half in North want vote on a united Ireland, poll finds 47 per cent of people polled still want Northern Ireland to remain in the UK, with 42 per cent in favour of a united Ireland.

Voters across the UK see likely Scottish independence within decade

I got rid of 95% of my stuff, almost everything I’ve ever owned Decluttering: Jason O’Callaghan outside a shedful of belongings he and his family dumped. Photograph: Alan Betson

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Fintan O’Toole analyses Joe Biden’s ‘balancing act’ speech line by line US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech on January 20th 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

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Garda trauma: Sean was a garda for six weeks when he saw his first body William Horgan, retired garda, at his home in Dundalk. He recalls a car accident in the early 1990s involving a family car and a cattle truck. “The entire family was wiped out. Even talking about it now is difficult enough.” Photograph: Alan Betson

Serving and retired gardaí describe the ordeal of dealing with crashes, suicides and violent crimes

Woman dies in north Dublin two-car collision The fatal crash happened just after 6pm on the R127 at Blakes Cross, Lusk

Second woman is injured after crash on R127 at Blakes Cross in Lusk

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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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