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Minister of Health Robin Swann: ‘Hitting the one million mark is undoubtedly another landmark to welcome, and more than 800,000 people have received a first dose.’ File photograph: iStock Northern Ireland’s millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose has been administered
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Dr Lorraine Nolan, chief executive of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, estimates the risk of the unusual blood clot on the brain, which is possibly linked to the vaccine, at one in 200,000. Photograph: Stephen Collins/ Collins Photo Vaccines regulator would take AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab if offered it
Inspectors carried out a ‘risk inspection’ over three days at the Co Clare home in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, which noted the absence of a person in charge. ‘Chaotic’ management at Ennis nursing home during outbreak – regulator
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Luka Bloom: ‘I’ve made a career banging a good sound out of a cheap guitar’ Luka Bloom: ‘I am used to seeing myself as weak and vulnerable in life but I began to see that all around me in everybody’

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Pandemic relocation: The couple who abandoned Dublin for home in Co Mayo Kate Gleeson and Kevin Duffy at their home in Crossmolina, Co Mayo. Photograph: Keith Heneghan

Covid-19 and redundancy led the pair to a family property in Crossmolina

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Fintan O’Toole: I got a mortgage at 24 – unthinkable for today’s young adults Cairn Homes chief executive Michael Stanley cited what he described as a “mind-blowing statistic” that the home ownership rates among 25-39-year-olds is now down to about 12 per cent. Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

The great stabilisers of conservative Ireland – priests and property – are gone

China considers blending vaccines to bolster effectiveness A nurse administers a dose of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Shanghai. Photograph: Bloomberg

CDC makes first public admission that there are efficacy problems with domestic jabs

Biden’s global corporate tax shake-up an opportunity for Ireland Recent interventions by US president Joe Biden confirm that the trend on corporate tax rates globally, which had been falling in recent years, is now very much reversing. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

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The imperative for lifelong learning Last year Ibec trained 5,000 managers in critical skills and knowledge, while more than 300 graduates gained diplomas and certificates with its strategic partner Technological University Dublin.
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Two arrested after €130,000 cocaine and cannabis seizure in Co Mayo A Garda spokesman said the seizures were made during searches carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of drugs in the Mayo region. Photograph: An Garda Síochána

Drug equipment and €17,600 cash were found during gardaí search on Saturday

France bans short domestic flights on routes that can be done by train An Air France-KLM aircraft at a departure gate at Orly Airport in Paris, France. Photograph: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg

Aviation industry criticises the timing of the new law as it reels from global pandemic

‘A national treasure’: Tributes paid to Eurovision-winning songwriter Shay Healy Shay Healy has died at the age of 78. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Songwriter who wrote What’s Another Year sung by Johnny Logan has died aged 78

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