People walk along an almost deserted Grafton Street in Dublin city centre on Monday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Coronavirus: 2,121 further cases and eight more deaths reported
Family members of staff at Rotunda Hospital received leftover Covid-19 vaccine Family members of staff at Rotunda Hospital received leftover Covid-19 vaccine

Coombe vaccine usage symptomatic of wider issues around rollout fairness Coombe vaccine usage symptomatic of wider issues around rollout fairness

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The Coombe said it was able to produce more than 120 additional vaccines, beyond what was anticipated, Photograph: Aidan Crawley Coombe board to discuss giving of Covid-19 vaccine to 16 family members of staff
Ambulances outside the emergency department entrance of Craigavon area hospital in Co Armagh. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire Coronavirus: Northern Ireland reports 19 more deaths, 640 cases
The decision on whether or not to vaccinate a very elderly person should be made in consultation with patients, their families and with GPs or nursing staff, HSE chief clinical officer, Dr Colm Henry, said. File photograph: Alan Betson Vaccine should not be given to people close to death, says HSE
A billboard at the Beacon Hospital in Sandyford, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Beacon Hospital hopeful of agreeing Covid deal with HSE
The Government is currently advising against all travel to and from countries in South America. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Covid-19 advice sent by text to 1,511 arrivals from Brazil amid new strain
Look of the Irish: Rising star of New York fashion scene Laura Weber at home in her midtown apartment in Manhattan.

Laura Weber, designer for Michelle Obama and Beyoncé, now has her own athleisure brand

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Trump’s last days fuel lucrative market for presidential pardons US president Donald Trump: The pardon power remains one of the last and most likely outlets for quick unilateral action. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Allies have collected fees from felons or associates to push the White House for clemency

Mother and baby homes report is the story of us as a nation A lantern at the site of the Tuam mother and baby home. Photograph: Andy Newman

Helen Shaw: This was not about a few rogue bad apples. This was systemic in Irish society

Issues of fairness raised in way vaccine distributed to healthcare workers, HSE says HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry, says healthcare worker is a broad category that includes people at very different levels of increased risk. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Colm Henry acknowledges frustrations for those who see colleagues get jabs while they have to wait

Large increase in number of Covid-19 travel fines issued by gardaí Gardaí man a checkpoint at Merchant’s Quay in Dublin. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

‘There is a lesson not being learned here. The message isn’t getting through’

Judge refuses to renew Laois pub’s licence after gardaí object The pub is a large premises with a beer garden, music and entertainment section, bar and pool tables. Photograph: iStock

Objection to renewal made on grounds of several Covid-19 guideline breaches by pub

Russia jails Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for 30 days A handout picture posted by Kira Yarmysh, press secretary of Alexei Navalny, on Twitter shows the anti-corruption activist and his wife Yulia before passing the border control at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday. Photograph: EPA

Campaigner who recovered from poisoning was arrested shortly after landing in Russia

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Man (28) admits murdering 11-year-old in 2019 The man pleaded guilty to murdering the boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, in the southwest of the country on November 3rd, 2019. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Accused pleads guilty to killing boy he had ‘clear relationship’ to in southwest of country

Man avoids jail term for stealing from dead’s man account Wayne Fitzgerald (47), of Bridge Street, Irishtown, Dublin 4, received a suspended sentence. Photograph: Collins Courts

Wayne Fitzgerald (47) brought father who had dementia to bank to withdraw €9,250

Ireland is 13th most expensive place to live, survey shows Ireland’s rent prices are the fourth highest in Europe. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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Days of three-bed semis in Dublin ‘are over’ as high-density housing plans take hold Plans for at least four new ‘urban villages’ will be devised under the new Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2228 to help house an expected increase in population of up to 70,000.

City development plan will see new ‘urban villages’ to address population rise

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