Health sources say the rapid rollout of AstraZeneca to the 60-69-year age group would be considered, in an effort to keep momentum in the programme. Photograph: Alan Betson 3:35 Government scrambles to fix vaccination and quarantine programmes
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Niamh Mulreany leaving the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin this evening. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos Women accused of refusing to enter mandatory quarantine complete hotel stay
Glynn warns small number of super spreader events would ‘get us into trouble’. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Glynn warns small number of super spreader events would ‘get us into trouble’
National Ambulance Service ‘pop up’ Covid-19 test centre at Crumlin, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Coronavirus: 358 new cases and 18 further deaths reported in the State
A file image of the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel where Emma Kelly has been in mandatory hotel quarantine since April 3rd. Photograph: Collins Vaccinated healthcare worker joins two others in challenging legality of quarantine
The medical body said the six cases are among “a total of 11 cases” of placentitis caused by Covid-19 to have been identified in Ireland since the start of the pandemic. Photograph: iStock Covid-19 infection led to second trimester miscarriage - RCPI
Róisín Ingle: I am, I realise, a bit institutionalised This time has knocked something out of some of us. Something that might come back. But also something that may not. Photograph: Getty Images

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State facing pressure from EU countries after expanding hotel quarantine list Greencore ceo Patrick Coveney strongly criticised the Government’s mandatory hotel quarantine policy. File image: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times 3:15

Greencore chief Patrick Coveney accuses Government of ‘incompetence and lack of foresight’

Kathy Sheridan: The online threat to the integrity of Irish elections lies within Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald and Eoin Ó Broin at a rally in Liberty Hall last year. The party has chosen to register its internal voter database, packed with voter details, to a US-hosted domain. Photograph: Tom Honan 5:30

As a political party, Sinn Féin is not alone in its creation of a big internal voter database

Dublin is fifth most expensive place for renters in Europe Dublin is far costlier than many other major European cities in which to rent property. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien 4:22

New rankings show Hong Kong is most expensive place to rent despite Covid-19 drop

Minneapolis bristles with tension once again over police killing Katie Wright, mother of Daunte Wright, with Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump and Wright family members, during a press conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Tuesday. Photograph: Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images 2:40
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Violent scenes all too familiar as protests continue over shooting of Daunte Wright

Speed of economic recovery depends on vaccination – report Grafton Street, Dublin: Key economic document will predict GDP growth of 4.5 per cent this year and 5 per cent next year. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times 2:38

Key stability document to be published by Government on Wednesday

Lions squad set to have a greater spread than four years ago Warren Gatland: “There will definitely be more Scots this time because they have fronted up in the Six Nations. Winning away in Paris and at Twickenham is significant because when you are playing for the Lions you are not playing at home.” Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho 5:39

Scotland’s emergence, England’s woes to ensure more balanced representation on nations

Sale of Dublin City Council-owned pub scuppered by councillors The Plough Pub, on the corner of Marlborough Street and Lower Abbey Street, Dublin, had been a popular meeting spot for theatre goers, but closed more than a decade ago. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times 3:02

Council wanted to sell Plough Pub for construction of apartments it would rent

Everyday banking: Are we getting less but paying more? Are consumers jumping to use online banking or are they being pushed? Photograph: iStock 5:39

Revamped bank apps add another layer of complexity for many customers as fees go up

Man fired three shots outside Dublin house, gardaí say Gardaí said an unspecified number of people were in the garden of the address when a lone male gunman approached and fired three shots.

People were gathered in garden when man approached but no one was injured

No rise in suicide rates in richer countries during first months of pandemic A new study has found suicide numbers remained largely unchanged or showed a decline on previous years. Photograph: iStock

Some countries recorded a drop in suicides, according to Lancet study

On the centenary of Northern Ireland’s birth, let’s imagine a potential rebirth of Ireland Andrea Irvine in The Bonefire by Rosemary Jenkinson. Photograph: Patrick Redmond

Belfast writer Rosemary Jenkinson on the change blowing in the Brexit breeze across the Border

Leagues O’Toole: ‘We need to give artists a sense of self-worth’ Leagues O’Toole: ‘When the virus first emerged, quite quickly I lost my job – as did most of my colleagues’

MusicTown is online-only for a second year, filling a creative void caused by the pandemic

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