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The administration of second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for those in the 60-69 age cohort will be completed three to four weeks earlier than expected, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Photograph: Bloomberg. AZ vaccination for 60-69s to finish weeks earlier than expected, Taoiseach says
Businesses are being caught in the middle between staff who are refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and others who are refusing to work alongside those who have not received a vaccine, an Oireachtas committee has been told. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times. Businesses ‘caught in the middle’ of staff with opposing views on Covid-19 vaccines
The only outstanding issue remaining was costs of the case, the court heard. Doctor in need of surgery released from mandatory hotel quarantine
Bob Odenkirk does a Liam Neeson, punching Russians unconscious by the dozen Bob Odenkirk on Nobody: ‘I was totally against bulking up, I didn’t want to look like a superhero.’ Photograph: Ryan Lowry/New York Times

The actor best known for playing the slimy lawyer Saul Goodman goes badass in Nobody

Small World: Ireland, 1798-2018 by Seamus Deane – A magnificent volume Seamus Deane’s great subject was colonialism, in particular the colonial relationship between Ireland and England. Photograph: Joe St Leger

Book review: Four chapters on Irish female writers are particularly welcome

Fintan O’Toole: Tories' appetite for farcical fodder is insatiable Boris Johnson confronted Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit over the weekend: ‘How would you like it if the French courts stopped you moving Toulouse sausages to Paris?’. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images 6:01

Reversion to old postures of English belligerence is absurd but dangerous

Travelling abroad? Here are four things to watch out for For travellers and holidaymakers, a summer trip in 2021 looks set to be trickier – and more expensive – than many would wish for. File photograph: iStock

Summer trip in 2021 looks trickier and more expensive than many would have hoped for

Mica and pyrite protest: ‘People are not taking this lying down’ Protesters holding placards during a demonstration in Dublin to demand a 100 per cent redress scheme for homes and properties affected by bricks contaminated with mica. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Hundreds of demonstrators seek greater support to cover repair costs of homes

Tighter travel restrictions for UK passengers due to concerns over Delta variant Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan said any new restrictions would only be in place for a few weeks, to allow the country’s vaccination programme to make more progress. File image of Dublin Airport: PA

Delta variant concerns sees isolation period double to 10 days for anyone not fully vaccinated

Tusla chief apologises to those let down by State when seeking birth information Bernard Gloster, chief executive of Tusla, the child and family agency. File photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times.

Committee hears warnings over possible lengthy delays for adopted people seeking records

Leaving Cert diary: ‘More time, more choice, more change please’ Aoife Walsh from Castlecomer Community School, Co Kilkenny. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times.

Changes brought in due to pandemic show how bad previous system was, says Aoife Walsh

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Professor criticises ‘dehumanising’ nature of mandatory hotel quarantine Dr Lokesh Joshi described being made feel like an ‘inmate’ since entering the mandatory hotel quarantine system after returning from India following the death of his mother from Covid-19.

Lokesh Joshi says he has felt like an ‘inmate’ since returning from India after his mother’s death

Ikea France fined €1m for spying on its employees Customers outside an Ikea store in Saint-Herblain, outside Nantes. Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

French subsidiary of furniture giant collected data on police records, lifestyle and private finances

Belarus breached ‘all the international aviation rules’, says O’Leary A Belarusian dog handler checks luggage from Ryanair flight number FR4978 in Minsk International Airport. Photograph: AFP via Getty Images

Ryanair chief executive appears before British Transport Select Committee

Waterford council unable to find lifeguards to cover its beaches this month Waterford City and County Council has said there is a lack of sufficiently trained and qualified lifeguards the cover the county’s beaches at present. File image: iStock.

Authority says issue partly down to young people who take roles finishing school and college

Bloomsday 2021: Everything you need to know Les Doherty and Kat Ballhaus, as Leopold and Molly Bloom of James Joyce’s Ulysses, prepare for Bloomsday Festival 2021, on Sandymount Strand, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson

How to celebrate Ulysses, James Joyce’s great Irish novel, set in Dublin on June 16th, 1904

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