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The head of the Health Service Executive has warned the impact of Covid-19 on hospitals is as significant now as it was during the peak of the virus. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times. ‘Like the flu times 10’: Doctors fear impact of Covid-19 on hospitals this winter
The design, construction, and delivery of new homes – particularly apartments – needs to adapt to new work and lifestyle modes. Photograph: Getty Images State should use Covid-19 impact on building costs to build homes
Derry Peace Bridge: in Derry and Strabane, the rates are the highest on the island of Ireland, with an average infection rate over the last seven days of 210 per 100,000 of population as of Sunday. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Derry, Strabane and Donegal Covid-19 case rates lack ‘clear signal’
French health minister Olivier Veran speaks with health workers of La Timone public hospital in Marseille. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Coronavirus: French hospitals delay operations to cope with surge
A charity can claim tax relief on any donation above €250 but the foundation is asking that tax relief on donations more than €5,000 should go to the donor. Budget 2021 a chance to avert ‘perfect storm’ facing charities
‘I never suspected that, aged 29, I’d be lost’ Barry O’Rourke: The mental health issues arising from the virus will not magically vanish over time without proper structures and clear investments

‘My generation is caught in the crossfire of coronavirus. Our stake in society has slipped away’

Graham Norton: ‘I wanted out, out, out of Ireland’ Graham Norton: ’I found a tribe that I can be part of in England’

The TV presenter on his third novel, life in west Cork and his pandemic talk show

There’s something grotesque about council’s plan to destroy historic horse yard for hotel Dublin street horses: Right now, at Molyneux Yard in the Liberties, plans are in train to erase a bastion of this culture.

Una Mullally: Generation after generation kept horses in the Liberties, yet council seems to have no regard for this culture

Malachy Clerkin: Nothing compares to rich tapestry of sound offered up by GAA match Dublin parade in front of the Hill ahead of last year’s All-Ireland final replay against Kerry. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho

RTÉ and Sky best get busy if they are to echo the roars and sounds of a Champo occasion

Ana Kriégel murder trial remembered on World News Day 2020 The initiative includes the sharing of impactful pieces of journalism from around the world on worldnewsday.org. Photograph: Getty

The Irish Times shares key pieces of reporting and comment to mark campaign

More than 30 people queue overnight to secure property in Carlow Queue overnight outside June Doran Properties, in Carlow town, for new homes in Castleoaks estate, in Carlow Town. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

Working from home has ‘freed up’ people to consider moving out of Dublin

Hello Eir, is anybody there? Four unhappy customers complain Eir headquarters: ‘It is extraordinary how difficult they are to contact considering they are a communications company.’ Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Four stories show how difficult it is to contact the uncommunicative communications firm

Third level students urged to consider if they need rented accommodation Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris announced the addtional restrictions on third level colleges on Friday. Photograph: PA

Colleges warn students that breaches of Covid-19 regulations may lead to expulsion

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New car prices could rise by up to €10,000 if taxes increase in budget Jia Mingdi, president of SAIC-Volkswagen sales company, beside a Volkswagen Tiguan X during a Volkswagen premiere ceremony in Beijing on Saturday. Photograph: Wu Hong/EPA

Proposed changes are partly driven by new emissions testing regime across Europe

Public transport needs €460m to keep running, Eamon Ryan warned The financial impact of Covid-19 on passenger numbers has placed so much pressure on funding that the State’s 2020 allocation ran out in June. Photograph: Paul Faith

Covid-19 impact on passenger numbers costly with uncertainty over ‘mega-projects’

Almost 100 Leaving Cert students had six or more subject grades lowered Almost 100 Leaving Cert students had six or more of their teachers’ estimated grades lowered under the Department of Education’s calculated grades process, new figures show. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Applications to sit the Leaving Certificate 2020 in November open this morning

Pilita Clark: The looming legal minefield of working from home A poll of over 750 European employers published last week showed 41 per cent have plans to make it easier for staff to keep working remotely once offices reopen.

What an employer can and cannot require of staff has suddenly become much more complicated

Business owners hopeful of new guidelines for levels of personal injury damages An Alliance survey found insurance costs had risen by 204 per cent in five years, and that just under half (49 per cent) of respondents said rising insurance costs were threatening the future of their organisation. Photograph: Getty Images
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1 Donald Trump's taxes: US president paid $750 federal income tax the year he won the election
2 ‘I never suspected that, aged 29, I’d be lost’
3 Covid-19: Possible extra restrictions for four counties to be decided by weekend
4 Graham Norton: ‘I wanted out, out, out of Ireland’
5 More than 30 people queue overnight to secure property in Carlow
6 Hello Eir, is anybody there? Four unhappy customers complain
7 Large sections of Garda to be disarmed following review
8 Ken Early: Handball ‘crisis’ a timely distraction from the grim bigger picture
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10 Three Ireland switches on 5G network around the country
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