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Dáil chamber: Scene of Seanad debate. Photograph: Alan Betson
Miriam Lord: Seanad sits in Dáil chamber but still has that vacant look

Three major events on Tuesday: Donald Trump’s last full day in office, Seanad Éireann’s first day back since Christmas and Dolly Parton’s 75th birthda(...)

St Michael’s Hospital has been told not to expect further doses of the vaccine ‘for the coming week or two at the least’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Covid-19: Frustration at Dún Laoghaire hospital as staff vaccines fail to materialise

The head of a Co Dublin hospital has criticised “unacceptable delays” in providing vaccines for her staff. After at least three deliveries of vaccine(...)

Mr Justice David Bairnville granted Hines’ application to have the case fast-tracked in the Commercial Court
Hines challenges council’s demand for €31.4m contribution for Cherrywood development

The developer of a new town centre in Cherrywood in south Dublin has brought a legal challenge over a local authority’s demand for €31.4 million in de(...)

William Makepeace Thackeray: his Irishisms were well-pitched. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Barry to a T – Frank McNally on the surprising authenticity of Thackeray’s Irish classic Barry Lyndon

We are long used to hearing Irish mannerisms traduced by foreign interpreters, travel writers and filmmakers alike. Wild Mountain Thyme is only the la(...)

Rev Victor Stacey was originally from Bunclody, Co Wexford. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Rev Victor Stacey, former Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, dies aged 76

The former Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin Rev Victor Stacey (76) died on Wednesday following lengthy chronic illness at Brabazon House, nurs(...)

In all cases of patronage, the Minister accepted the recommendations of the new schools establishment group. File photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Wire
Two of four new post-primary schools to be run by Educate Together

Two of the four post-primary schools to be established in 2021 have been awarded to Educate Together, Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced(...)

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan: “Can we get a whole generation of young people and pay them better to look after our land?” Photograph: Alan Betson
Eamon Ryan: By 2030 the only new cars will be electric

With every Eamon Ryan interview you are reminded of the pronouncement of Lincoln Steffens returning from Soviet Russia in 1919. “I have seen the futur(...)

Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has been named the party’s spokesman on social protection. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Martin appoints 18 Fianna Fáil TDs to spokesperson positions

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has appointed 18 members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party to a range of spokesperson positions. Fianna Fáil said the d(...)

Trinity College Dublin has the highest proportion of students from affluent areas, at 36%. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Class gap: More affluent students dominate high-points courses

The class gap in higher education is revealed in new figures that show affluent students dominate high-points courses such as medicine, finance and en(...)

St Andrews University in Scotland predates the introduction of apostrophes into English (via French) in the 16th century. Photograph: Getty Images
Apropos of Apostrophes – Frank McNally on the rise and fall of a controversial punctuation mark

If you’re a golfer or a grammar enthusiast or – God forbid – both, you may have noticed over the years that the town of St Andrews in Scotland does no(...)

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