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

2 The problem with Shane MacGowan

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

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

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

6 College apologises after lecturers overheard insulting students

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

8 Shelbourne Hotel statues restored to front of building

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 Covid-19: New coronavirus strain identified in England

20 Four deaths in Covid outbreak at Augustinian retirement home

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

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

23 Santa visit blamed for mass infection at Belgian nursing home

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

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

26 Too much room at the inn as hotel market feels full impact of Covid-19

27 Irish Times view: Donald Trump runs out of road

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

29 Family at odds over money left by dad

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

31 Brexit identity politics and English nationalism will destroy the UK

32 Best poetry books of 2020: New discoveries and final gifts

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

34 ‘Dangerous territory’ of expanding alcohol delivery services

35 Defence Forces: First steps in reform to be approved by Cabinet

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

37 Boeing seeks dismissal of Norwegian Air’s €1bn lawsuit over Max aircraft

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

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

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