1 Level 5 restrictions set to be extended until March 5th with clamp-down on travel

2 Millions of users move away from WhatsApp after terms of service update

3 Fauci reveals what it was really like working for Trump

4 Blindboy Boatclub: ‘I had the choice of being a psychotherapist or be a mad bastard’

5 Man who saw his death announced on TV in October Crisis 50 years ago dies aged 99

6 Ireland’s catalytic converter thieves: ‘They’re like Formula 1 mechanics’

7 Mandatory Covid confinement in hotels for arrivals not ruled out – Varadkar

8 Michelin awards 2021: New star for Dede, acclaimed west Cork restaurant

9 Colum Eastwood: Seamus Mallon’s offer is still on the table if unionism is interested

10 Suzi Quatro: ‘If he’d done that backstage he’d have been singing soprano for the rest of his life’

11 Gardaí stop cars going to and from Dublin Airport in new travel crackdown

12 European Commission warns AstraZeneca on Covid-19 vaccine delay

13 Rudy Giuliani faces $1.3bn lawsuit from US voting machine firm over election claims

14 Credit analysts say UK economy will shrink as Brexit deal ‘lacks substance’

15 Most children may not return to classroom until close to Easter

16 One mask is good. Would two be better?

17 Up to 1,000 Covid-19 cases a week among long-term care residents

18 85 books to watch out for in 2021 – all from independent publishers

19 Could a Covid-19 smell test help bring coronavirus under control?

20 Covid-19: PUP recipients warned of ‘sophisticated scam’

21 Fifteen junior doctors receive over €100,000 in overtime pay amid Covid-19 pressures

22 Q&A: Can I still pass Covid on after I’ve been vaccinated?

23 My Covid experience: ‘The mind starts to race. Oh God, why didn’t I do more with my life?’

24 Coronavirus: Vaccination of over-70s to start next month, says Donnelly

25 Tough restrictions on travel within EU proposed amid fears over Covid variants

26 Covid-19: 13 die at Lusk nursing home as State deals with 160 outbreaks

27 Buying mother’s house at less than market value could cause tax headaches

28 ‘Nobody looked after me’ - woman sues over alleged misreporting of smear tests

29 Sturgeon ups the ante with promise on independence vote

30 Biden signs order for government to buy more US-made goods

31 Covid-19: How to look after yourself if you catch the virus

32 Scotland is better off within the UK and the UK is better off with Scotland in it

33 Traveller who tried to book hotel wedding awarded €15,000 for discrimination

34 The Irish Times view on Europe’s vaccine rollout: better than going it alone

35 Doctor who helped woman urges society to call out coercive control

36 Euphoria: The show that makes teenage self-destruction look weightless and beautiful

37 Oscar Wilde, my grandfather, ‘talked himself into prison’

38 Talks resume between unions and officials over reopening special schools

39 I got rid of 95% of my stuff, almost everything I’ve ever owned

40 ‘I’d go for a pint with Willem de Kooning and dinner with Francis Bacon’