1 The problem with Shane MacGowan

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

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

4 College apologises after lecturers overheard insulting students

5 More than 80 attend rave in Leinster area in breach of rules

6 Biden affirmed as US president by electoral college

7 Covid-19: New coronavirus strain identified in England

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

9 John Gilligan: From feared gangland figure, to failed jailed criminal

10 Family at odds over money left by dad

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

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

13 Fairytale of New York: Horrified fans react to Jon Bon Jovi’s new cover

14 Santa visit blamed for mass infection at Belgian nursing home

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

16 Vote on contentious EU-Canada trade deal deferred after Green TD concerns

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

18 US attorney general William Barr steps down from Trump administration

19 Evolved to run – but not to exercise

20 Who killed the children of Belturbet?

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

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

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

24 Tallaght buildings to be heated using excess energy from Amazon data centre

25 Brexit: Downing Street dials down rhetoric about no-deal outcome

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

27 Covid-19: Netherlands to close schools under tough five-week lockdown

28 32 wonderful winter walks in Ireland, one in every county

29 Brexit identity politics and English nationalism will destroy the UK

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

31 How to cook Christmas: Turkey and ham made easy

32 Cybersecurity breach takes in hundreds of thousands of organisations

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

34 400 – yes, 400! – Irish retailers for all your online Christmas shopping

35 Gardaí warned discounts at takeaways are seen as corruption

36 Leaving Cert oral exams could be held online or during Easter

37 Brexit: EU holds breath as negotiators walk narrow path towards deal

38 Jesy Nelson says she is leaving Little Mix

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

40 Fairytale of New York: The surprising story behind The Pogues’ Christmas anthem