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The Government is considering a push for an improved system of sharing unused vaccines in the EU. File photograph: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Covid-19: Government likely to miss target of issuing 1.25m vaccines by end of March

Jack Horgan-Jones
01:00

Ireland joins group of EU states pushing for improved sharing of unused vaccines

Simon Coveney to meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on visit to Tehran

Simon Coveney will meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in Tehran. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters, EPA

Pat Leahy
01:00

Minister to discuss Iran nuclear deal as part of Ireland’s role on UN Security Council

Taoiseach confident vaccine targets will be met subject to supply

Taoiseach Micheál Martin visits a vaccination centre in Ballybrit, Co Galway, where the Covid-19 vaccine is being administered to healthcare workers. Photograph: Aengus McMahon

John Fallon
20:53

Surplus supply from Germany ruled out as Martin vows to wait his turn for vaccination

Division in Green Party over Hazel Chu’s wish to run in Seanad byelection

Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu is understood to be interested in running in the Seanad byelection. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Harry McGee
18:05

Party leadership understood to be against contest by Dublin Lord Mayor

Number of TV licences sold last year falls short by almost 70,000

RTÉ director general Dee Forbes said in a correspondence that financial planning for this year was “extremely challenging”. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Cormac McQuinn
05:00

Drop could lead to potential €11m revenue loss for public service broadcasters

Ireland may ask EU countries to share their Covid-19 vaccines

Stephen Donnelly yesterday expressed serious concern about the reliability of AstraZeneca’s deliveries. File photograph: TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images

Jennifer Bray
01:00

Stephen Donnelly seriously concerned about reliability of AstraZeneca’s deliveries

Q&A: What's going on with Covid-19 vaccines?

Biden underlines support for Belfast Agreement as tensions rise

UK prime minister Boris Johnson: his government remains committed to the protocol and informed “at official level” the European Commission and the Government of its move. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/PA

Suzanne Lynch
00:25

Downing Street insists protocol period extension does not break international law

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Micheál Martin condemned London’s move to unilaterally change the North’s special arrangements. Photograph: Julien Behal Photography

Dublin not happy, EU furious as UK move brings Brexit back into focus

Inside Politics: British government says it will unilaterally change Northern Ireland’s special arrangements

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Miriam Lord: FF good-news merchants jump the gun in rush to start the party

Miriam Lord: FF good-news merchants jump the gun in rush to start the party

Miriam Lord

Elsewhere Sinn Féin reminded us that if you have to curse, you should curse in Irish

UK’s ‘bad faith’ acting leaves Government walking a difficult tightrope

UK’s ‘bad faith’ acting leaves Government walking a difficult tightrope

Pat Leahy Political Editor

NI protocol row: No Irish Government wants their commitment to the EU and promotion of peace in North to be in conflict

Fianna Fáil’s miserable week recalls bad days of 2010

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Harry McGee

Coalition’s two heavyweight parties see concerns spilling over amid frustration and fear

Miriam Lord’s Week: Limerick TD unites his FG colleagues against him

Miriam Lord’s Week: Limerick TD unites his FG colleagues against him

Miriam Lord

Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan handed black card for unsporting behaviour

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McDowell fears amended law on identifying deceased children ‘unintelligible’

Marie O'Halloran
20:36

Minister insists Bill is clear and flexible and will allow parents to remember children in public

‘Paused’ passport services leaves parents without documents for months

Marie O'Halloran
18:45

Unanswered calls or queries causes criticism as Senator says sector should be essential

No sign of €50m fund for entertainment sector five months after budget

Marie O'Halloran
16:56

Senators highlight mental effect of lockdown on musicians and artists unable to perform

Labour Bill seeks to give adopted people right to birth information

Marie O'Halloran
14:35

Legislation would reverse State policy ‘overly skewed towards privacy rights’, Bacik says

Agency required to establish number of unidentified bodies in State, says TD

Marie O'Halloran
07:09

Dáil hears families of missing people must contact individual coroners and cemeteries

Sharp Dáil exchanges during debate on land agency Bill

Marie O'Halloran
21:22

More bankers on 12-member board than women, says Green Party’s Neasa Hourigan

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