1 College apologises after lecturers overheard insulting student online

2 Covid-19: New coronavirus strain identified in England

3 Moses Farrow: ‘I felt inherently like I was a bad kid. The abuse at home reinforced that’

4 The problem with Shane MacGowan

5 Family at odds over money left by dad

6 My mother’s daughter: Mum kept her painful secret for 30 years

7 Covid-19: Two further deaths and 264 more cases confirmed

8 Why we celebrate Christmas on the 25th, eat mince pies and put up trees

9 Jim Bolger’s incendiary statements should shake racing to its foundations

10 Ireland’s most expensive street identified in new property report

11 Covid-19: Northern Ireland ‘needs four-week lockdown’, says medic

12 Evolved to run – but not to exercise

13 Derry Girls’ Nicola Coughlan: ‘I was, like, Are you serious? I’m not this gigantic sumo wrestler’

14 ‘Wasn’t it herself told me?’: Which bit of Ireland would that phrase come from?

15 Brexit identity politics and English nationalism will destroy the UK

16 Ireland to face Springboks in their 2023 World Cup pool

17 Arriving home for Christmas: ‘We got three negative tests before we came’

18 Boris Johnson has set his course for a Brexit trade deal

19 Who killed the children of Belturbet?

20 Greens seek to postpone vote on contentious EU-Canada trade deal

21 Gardaí warned discounts at takeaways are seen as corruption

22 Seven pupils turn up to school affected by Covid-19 after department ordered it to reopen

23 How to cook Christmas: Turkey and ham made easy

24 Cybersecurity breach takes in hundreds of thousands of organisations

25 Woman who stole €2,700 from elderly friend’s bank card, is jailed

26 32 wonderful winter walks in Ireland, one in every county

27 Covid-19 in Ireland’s ‘gourmet capital’: ‘People not showing up is beyond belief’

28 The Irishwoman who wed a Bee Gee: ‘It was like being married to the family’

29 Why it is important to prioritise your own wellbeing this Christmas

30 The Offload: No Eddie, rugby is not a safer sport

31 The Swiss cheese model of Covid-19 defence: What it means, how it works

32 Man charged with termination of a pregnancy

33 Is the Grenfell Tower inferno Kingspan’s Volkswagen moment?

34 State ‘on the cusp’ of using two Covid-19 vaccines – Dr Ronan Glynn

35 Ireland pitted against two of the globe’s top seven in Rugby World Cup draw

36 Man challenges decision to cease PUP after he temporarily left the State

37 Dublin pub told by gardaí it must serve food after suspension of €9 meal

38 Court confirms two-month suspension of well-known vet

39 Believe it or not, this is the best week of the year to try running at dawn

40 A top 10 list of the best banned literary filth