1 Miriam Lord: Danny Healy-Rae’s conversion marks a great day for science

2 British readying for Brexit: They never saw it coming, mate

3 Brexiteers line up Ireland as they play blame game

4 Michael McDowell: Time to wake up and smell the coffee over Sinn Féin

5 Distribution of Covid-19 vaccine could start in January

6 EU gives Britain ultimatum on Brexit talks

7 Fairytale castle in Kerry sold for €4.5m after 13 years on market

8 Darragh Ó Sé: Managers have steered three contenders to a better place

9 The gay orgy that exposes the hypocrisy of Hungary’s illiberals

10 Air travel should not be considered high-risk for spreading Covid-19 – ECDC

11 Newgrange winter solstice to be live streamed as passage tomb remains closed

12 Kathy Sheridan: What was the purpose of Brian Stanley’s tweet glorifying mass killings?

13 Q&A: Covid vaccines – so what’s going to happen, and when?

14 Gordon D’Arcy: David Nucifora does not believe he is accountable to the Irish public

15 Kia’s spacious Sorento is like a sittingroom on wheels

16 ‘I would like to see more people who look like me in senior positions in Ireland’

17 Priority groups for Covid-19 vaccine to be decided next week

18 Newton Emerson: Unionists will not get desired balance from public inquiries

19 Government accused of treating student nurses like ‘skivvies’ and ‘slave labour’

20 Tubridy could have been ‘more careful in choice of words’ in interview – BAI

21 Government to work with Labour on citizenship Bill for stateless children

22 400 – yes, 400! – Irish retailers for all your online Christmas shopping

23 Dublin Port would end up ‘in the courts’ if it changed post-Brexit ferry times

24 Children in need of MRI under general anaesthesia waiting 4-7 years

25 ‘I’m a man in my 30s and I lack any strong, platonic friendships’

26 Andy Farrell set to name strongest Ireland selection for Scotland playoff clash

27 Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing dies

28 Ryanair set to order ‘dozens’ of Boeing 737 Max planes at huge discounts

29 Neymar gets the job done to leave Manchester United with work to do

30 Investigation into cash-for-pardons scandal involving White House

31 Attorney General says workplace resolution case raises ‘profound issues’

32 Thirty-four Irish bookshops for your online Christmas shopping

33 Marist Fathers secure €20m from sale of south Dublin lands

34 Covid-19: A further five deaths and 270 new cases confirmed by Nphet

35 Glut of frustrated elites overlooked in West’s political turmoil

36 Drumcondra terrace gets a cool conversion for €525,000

37 Covid-19 vaccination in Northern Ireland can start next week – Swann

38 Second lockdown leaves €8.9bn hole in Irish public finances

39 Michael J Fox: ‘In the wheelchair, I’m luggage. No one listens to luggage’

40 Extended working week for public service proposed in pay talks