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HealthProlonged French travel ban could disrupt Irish meat productionBySimon Carswell, Naomi O’Leary and Denis Staunton
PoliticsBrexit: Irish farming and fisheries to get hundreds of millions in supportByJack Horgan-Jones
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IrelandCovid-19 cases on the rise due to behaviour change, GPs sayByVivienne Clarke and Ellen O’Riordan
PoliticsGovernment ‘nobbling’ major review of Defence Forces by excluding departmentByMarie O’Halloran
PoliticsCovid-19: Taoiseach confirms return to tighter restrictions as case numbers riseByPat Leahy and Vivienne Clarke
BusinessApplegreen duo say private ownership best for massive spend plansByJoe Brennan and Ciara O'Brien
MarketsEuropean shares rebound as progress on Brexit trade deal overshadows virus worriesByEoin Burke-Kennedy
An Irish DiaryEndgame – Frank McNally on Dublin’s GAA dominance and other portents of the ApocalypseByFrank McNally
IrelandMinister praises Garda efforts to combat organised crime in north east inner cityByMarie O’Halloran
Transport‘Please let this be the last lockdown’: Publicans urge end to rolling restrictionsByMark Paul
UKBrexit: Hopes fade for deal before Christmas but delay fraught with risk for JohnsonByDenis Staunton
HealthCovid-19 vaccination rollout: timeline, priority listing and vaccine availabilityByKevin O'Sullivan
AbroadChristmas in Australia: ‘I am finally free of the psychological shackles of Ireland’ByPhilip Lynch
EconomyTaoiseach says vaccine programme could be ‘substantially complete’ by autumn 2021ByCiarán Hancock
Ireland‘I buried my son on December 21st’: Flights bring 350 Irish residents home from UKByJade Wilson
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