BooksThe Irish Times books of the year: Writers and critics pick their favourites of 2021By Martin Doyle
FoodGolden rules for stocking your kitchen: ‘Good equipment does not make you a good cook’By Russ Parsons
InteriorsLooking for home gift ideas? Here's our selection from affordable to sky's the limitBy Alanna Gallagher
Your Family‘My (almost) five-year-old frequently finishes the day with a smear of poo in his pants’By John Sharry
Asia-PacificAustralian government stares down calls to press UK and US for Julian Assange’s releaseBy Daniel Hurst
PoliticsCovid-19: 4,667 new cases reported as State ‘very eager’ to offer boosters to people in 40sBy Cormac McQuinn
AfricaSouth Africa alerted the world to the new Covid variant of concern and has paid a priceBy Bill Corcoran
Social AffairsPresbyterian Church calls on Dublin minister to recant over appointment of gay manBy Patsy McGarry
IrelandTruckers protesting on Monday will not leave capital ‘until we get answers’By Áine Kenny, Shauna Bowers and Sorcha Pollak
IrelandSketch featuring Gerry Adams withdrawn after families of IRA victims raise concernBy Ronan McGreevy