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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

  • Fintan O'Toole: pandemic should be last hurrah for Irish stoicism
  • Gardaí urge public not to attend anti-lockdown protest in Cork
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
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  • Pat Leahy

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 - 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 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 3:48 Fianna Fáil’s miserable week recalls bad days of 2010 Harry McGee - 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 - Miriam Lord

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

Oireachtas

McDowell fears amended law on identifying deceased children ‘unintelligible’
  • Marie O'Halloran
  • 20:36

McDowell fears amended law on identifying deceased children ‘unintelligible’ 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

‘Paused’ passport services leaves parents without documents for months 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

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

Labour Bill seeks to give adopted people right to birth information 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

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

Sharp Dáil exchanges during debate on land agency Bill More bankers on 12-member board than women, says Green Party’s Neasa Hourigan

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LDA chief executive John Coleman believes he can improve on local authorities’ six-year process and bring a raw piece of land to the stage of having housing on it in four years. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Affordable housing: Can Land Development Agency succeed where others have failed?
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