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

2 Kevin McStay: Dublin may be a bridge too far but Mayo’s spirit will never be broken

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

4 The problem with Shane MacGowan

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

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

7 College apologises after lecturers overheard insulting students

8 Shelbourne Hotel statues restored to front of building

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

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

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

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

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

14 Joe Biden win formalised: ‘The will of the people has prevailed’

15 East Wall two-bed puts best foot forward for €385k

16 Twitter fined €450,000 by Data Protection Commission for GDPR breach

17 Covid-19: three questions everyone should ask about vaccines

18 Paying 15c more for a loaf after Brexit? Irish bakeries eye flour beyond Britain

19 Gerry Thornley: Rugby’s duty of care for players now more essential than ever

20 Ireland warned it may be losing out on FDI due to green issues

21 Yellow wind warning for several counties with risk of flooding

22 Ibec predicts ‘resilient’ Irish economy will bounce back strongly in 2021

23 How to cook Christmas: Stuffing and gravy made easy

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

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

26 McEntee to propose new, nine-person panel to select judges

27 The Irish Times view: Donald Trump runs out of road

28 ‘Dangerous territory’ of expanding alcohol delivery services

29 400 – yes, 400! – Irish retailers for all your online Christmas shopping

30 ‘Bless him. He is a massive part in the history of Liverpool Football Club’

31 Portugal stands by €11m annual fee to host Web Summit

32 Robbie Henshaw: Pro16 could help Ireland get to grips with Springboks in 2023

33 Four deaths in Covid outbreak at Augustinian retirement home

34 Horan’s Mayo ready to take ‘calculated risks’ in search of final glory

35 Evolved to run – but not to exercise

36 Brexit identity politics and English nationalism will destroy the UK

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

40 Third of Irish rivers and a quarter of lakes fail water quality standards