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

5 Santa visit blamed for mass infection at Belgian nursing home

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

7 Biden affirmed as US president by electoral college

8 College apologises after lecturers overheard insulting students

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

10 Covid-19: New coronavirus strain identified in England

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

12 Cabinet plans to roll out 14m doses of Covid vaccine in five types of location

13 Brendan O’Connor: ‘I was sitting there and I was looking at her and I was terrified’

14 Family at odds over money left by dad

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

16 ‘Dangerous territory’ of expanding alcohol delivery services

17 Covid-19 in Ireland’s ‘gourmet capital’: ‘People not showing up is beyond belief’

18 Will giving cash to family for Christmas leave them with a tax bill?

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

20 US attorney general William Barr steps down from Trump administration

21 Bakeries eye flour beyond Britain in no-deal Brexit planning

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

23 Irish Times view: Donald Trump runs out of road

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

25 Four deaths in Covid outbreak at Augustinian retirement home

26 A doctor asks: Will you be getting a Covid-19 vaccine?

27 Fintan O’Toole: Don’t buy your children a digital device for Christmas. Read to them

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

29 Evolved to run – but not to exercise

30 McEntee to propose a new, nine person commission to select judges

31 32 wonderful winter walks in Ireland, one in every county

32 Top tips: How to shake up your finances this Christmas

33 Barry Gibb: ‘My brothers had to deal with their demons, but my wife wasn’t going to have it’

34 How to cook Christmas: Turkey and ham made easy

35 Dublin pub told by gardaí it must serve food after suspension of €9 meal

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

37 ‘Political will’ exists for Brexit trade deal, says Portugal’s premier

38 ‘I’ll do time if I don’t get to spend Christmas with my princesses’

39 Brexit identity politics and English nationalism will destroy the UK

40 Portugal stands by €11m annual fee to keep Web Summit in Lisbon