Prosecuting gardaí are sometimes unaware of the precise legal proofs required. Photograph: Dave Meehan Domestic violence charges double but few result in convictions
State’s handling of pandemic to be ‘evaluated’, Taoiseach confirms State’s handling of pandemic to be ‘evaluated’, Taoiseach confirms

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‘Simply not possible’ to extend the pandemic bonus to other workers due to financial constraints, says Minister for Public Expenditure. Photograph: iStock Carers will not receive pandemic bonus due to financial constraints, says McGrath
Taoiseach Micheál Martin arriving for a Cabinet meeting at Dublin Castle om Wednesday. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos Current booster phase of vaccine programme to last until April
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In praise of the new ‘bank holiday’ on March 18th The 2019 St Patrick’s Festival Parade in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Rosita Boland: The day, making for a fantastically long weekend, has finally been announced

How realistic are property asking prices in today’s market? 18 Church Road, East Wall: two-bed ground-floor flat in-walk-in condition, asking €295,000 through Lisney

As agents launch properties at ‘price to entice’, buyers look at the asking price and add 10%

Interested in a smart home? Here’s a guide through the maze of options Strictly speaking you don’t need a hub, but they can help make your smart home life simpler. Photograph: iStock

You will first need to decide on a core hub, as not all devices work with all infrastructure

Finn McRedmond: Boris Johnson should pay more heed to the classics Johnson’s loose sexual morality, naked ambition, belief in the power of satire, and his populist tendencies would see him blend seamlessly into the Roman Forum. Photograph: Getty Images

The prime minister’s hero Pericles was brought down by misplaced self-confidence

GPs will not get bonus payment for frontline healthcare workers Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly’s spokesman confirmed the €1,000 pandemic bonus will not be paid to GPs, despite their role in the pandemic. Photograph: PA

Government announces an additional public holiday on March 18th this year

Second man held in Ashling Murphy murder inquiry released without charge Ashling Murphy was a teacher at Durrow National School, Co Offaly. File photograph: The Irish Times

Man was detained on suspicion of withholding information from gardaí

Miriam Lord: Another watershed moment? Maybe this time it will be different Minister for Justice Helen McEntee: ‘In Ashling, we see our sisters, our daughters and our mothers. In her family, we see our own,.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Special Dáil session on violence against women was compelling and heart-gripping

Ryanair plans record number of routes out of Dublin this summer Ryanair has announced plans to fly more routes from Dublin this summer than it has ever done. Photograph: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

Airline says post-Covid incentive package key to plans for flights to 120 destinations

Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases unlikely caused by foreign power, CIA says The US embassy in Havana, Cuba, where reports of mysterious symptoms emerged in 2016. Photograph: Meridith Kohut/The New York Times
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Most mysterious ailments affecting US staff globally have other explanation, agency finds

Biden believes Putin will make military move into Ukraine US president Joe Biden: ‘Russia will be held accountable if it invades.’ Photograph: Oliver Contreras/EPA/Pool
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‘It is going to be a disaster for Russia if they further invade’ country, says US president

Italian ambassador concerned by Dublin MetroLink delay Computer-generated image of metro for Dublin

Dublin should follow example of Rome, Paolo Serpi says

Corporate financier Liam Kiely leaves IBI within months of joining Mr Kiely (49) is fighting through the Court of Appeal a decision to send him for trial on alleged theft and fraud offences, dating between 2008 and 2013, that could total €1 million

Company understood to be unaware he was facing trial on alleged fraud offences

Government will not oppose motion to buy site of new National Maternity Hospital An artist’s impression of the new National Maternity Hospital

Coalition seeking to conclude lease agreement with St Vincent’s health group

Irish firms urged to boost growth by having a strategy for going digital Going digital can open up a world of new business opportunities. Photograph: iStock
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