1 School caretaker called teacher a ‘disgrace’ after trying to remove Virgin Mary statue

2 Bill Murray is helping to flog Ireland. So what’s he getting out of it?

3 Why we’re not getting the Covid-19 vaccine: Irish Times readers share their reasons

4 Covid-19: No easing of restrictions expected until mid-September as 1,818 new cases reported

5 Pfizer vaccine’s efficacy against Delta drops within 90 days of second dose, study finds

6 Russian spy ship spotted off west coast of Ireland

7 There’s a difference between shyness and social anxiety

8 James Horan not writing off Eoghan McLaughlin making All-Ireland final

9 Canadian woman (24) killed in road collision in Co Kerry

10 Granada wins control of Forte

11 Warrant issued for the arrest of UCD professor Dolores Cahill

12 Afghanistan: Several killed as dissent against Taliban takeover spreads

13 State at risk of ‘exponential’ surge of Covid-19, HSE chief says

14 If the price of Irish unity was a new flag, would Sinn Féin agree to it?

15 Judge rejects mother’s request for choice of school for son

16 How fermented foods may alter your microbiome and improve your health

17 Hideaway home with island views beside Westport for €645,000

18 Is the boom in trade across the Border here to stay?

19 Funeral of young woman who died after falling from Donegal bus hears of ‘passion’ for GAA

20 Ireland trumps California: ‘We feel better here – and the schools are like a big hug for the kids’

21 Junior minister urges public to ‘cop on’ and leave Wally the Walrus in peace

22 ‘The Kremlin would be laughing their asses off’: Inside the EU’s struggle to debunk Covid lies

23 How the Taliban won in a country of corruption

24 Boris Johnson urged to sack foreign secretary Dominic Raab

25 Rate of Covid-19 in Carndonagh, Co Donegal now five times national average

26 New Zealand says it may have solved ‘puzzle’ of Covid cluster amid 11 new cases

27 Irish banker earned more than €16m in 2019

28 Dublin ranks third best European ‘tech city of the future’

29 Pig: Five stars for Nicolas Cage’s expectation-upending new movie

30 Family of Irish woman in Afghanistan ‘relieved’ she is now safe in Pakistan

31 School return plan for pregnant teachers is based on ‘expert advice’, Minister says

32 Total of €72,000 allocated by local Minister to Big Tom Memorial Garden in Monaghan

33 Mistrust and mysterious surrenders: how Kabul fell to the Taliban

34 Search for mountain climber in Co Mayo called off as body of man discovered

35 Green light for 260 apartments at Belmayne in north Dublin

36 Toyota arrives late to the party with a plug-in Rav4 and a baby crossover

37 Planned reopening of Galmoy mine could deliver 190 jobs

38 Covid’s greatest byproduct could be a shared ethical stance

39 Sandra Bernhard on Madonna: ‘Two women hanging out? Of course it’s going to be sexual’

40 Two men killed in Co Meath road crash