ScienceCovid-19 vaccine development is a great success for science – the rollout less soBy Cormac O'Raifeartaigh
IrelandUCD ‘a joke university’, under-fire lecturer tells studentsBy Jennifer Cosgrove and Carl O'Brien
IrelandCentral Bank asks council to maintain residential zoning at Sandyford currency centreBy Arthur Beesley
PoliticsCabinet to decide reopening plan as intercounty travel, retail, garden meet-ups to resume in MayBy Jennifer Bray, Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn
Culture‘Should we be buying from Amazon rather than working to keep a place like Nenagh alive?’By Joe Humphreys
TechnologyWhere did Sinn Féin’s nuanced understanding of data protection issues go?By Karlin Lillington
CultureMichael Palin, Mike Leigh and Christy Moore: This week’s unmissable online eventsBy Kevin Courtney
MusicAoife Kelleher: ‘At my 30th my friends had to rescue the party from my morose playlist’By Aoife Kelleher
RugbyJono Gibbes: Leinster experience ‘doesn’t diminish my desire to beat these guys’By Gerry Thornley
Books‘Ulysses was a large stomachful.’ How The Irish Times reviewed James Joyce in the 1920sBy Martin Doyle
BooksJon McGregor: ‘Book prizes can be useful but can also be a fairly shallow marketing trick’By John Self
An Irish DiaryOisín McConville believes Jamie Clarke may have played his last game for ArmaghBy Paul Keane
ResidentialPalatial living par for the course at Mount Juliet five-bed for €1.75mBy Elizabeth Birdthistle
Travel‘We all loved working for JWT. It was a special place that dealt in dreams and sunshine’By Barbara Scully
ResidentialA tale of two buildings: Rathfarnham cottage with eco-friendly extension for €600,000By Alanna Gallagher
MusicWill Young: ‘Teachers looking at us in the shower, the bath. It was awful. That’s why I’ve got PTSD’By Chris Godfrey
SportDave Hannigan: Race to be next California governor the latest challenge for Caitlyn JennerBy Dave Hannigan
TransportDalata plans Dublin marketing campaign as its hotels record €3.6m Q1 lossBy Ciarán Hancock and Mark Paul
PoliticsHelen McEntee gives birth to baby boy, a first for a serving Cabinet MinisterBy Jack Horgan-Jones and Aine Kenny
OireachtasFormer FF minister launches attack on Government’s ‘inept’ approach on climateBy Marie O'Halloran
ResidentialWaterside pavilion in Donegal designed by a ‘mother of modernism’ for €825kBy Alanna Gallagher
Asia-Pacific‘We don’t know if he is alive’: Uighur woman speaks out on jailing of father in XinjiangBy Colm Keena
HealthThree deaths and 474 new Covid-19 cases have been reported by NphetBy Paul Cullen and Marie O'Halloran
ScienceIrish immunologist Prof Kate Fitzgerald elected to US National Academy of SciencesBy Kevin O'Sullivan
EnvironmentMore than two-thirds of citizens want national climate targets raised – EU pollBy Kevin O'Sullivan
PoliticsDaily Covid cases could reach 1,200 if social contacts ‘step change’ in May, Nphet warnsBy Jack Horgan-Jones
EnvironmentOversight body notes ‘disappointing drop-off’ in leak repairs by Irish WaterBy Kevin O'Sullivan
EuropeNavalny denounces ‘thieving king’ Putin in Moscow court appearanceBy Polina Nikolskaya and Anton Zvere
Crime & LawFour gardaí and a private citizen facing charges in alleged corruption investigationBy Conor Lally and David Raleigh
SoccerTottenham target Ajax’s Erik ten Hag in search for new managerBy David Hytner and Fabrizio Romano
SoccerManchester City take full advantage as PSG’s tantrums show their lack of maturityBy Jonathan Wilson
RacingWillie Mullins threatening his own Punchestown record after another bumper dayBy Brian O'Connor
PoliticsTaoiseach says ‘hope is returning’ as he outlines plan to significantly ease Covid-19 restrictions from May 10thBy Jennifer Bray, Jack Horgan-Jones and Cormac McQuinn
EconomyUS economic rebound gains momentum in first quarterBy Matma Badkar, Colby Smith, James Politi and Lauren Fedor
Crime & LawMan (70s) dies after suffering ‘severe wounds’ in Dublin sheltered housing complexBy Conor Gallagher
EuropeItalian judge asked to put Egyptian officers on trial over student’s deathBy Ruth Michaelson and Lorenzo Tondo
PoliticsExplainer: What are the reopening plans and key dates for exiting lockdown?By Jennifer Bray and Jack Horgan-Jones
HealthGovernment urged to be ready to adopt EU Covid travel cert for summerBy Simon Carswell and Marie O'Halloran
OireachtasMinister insists there has been ‘robust’ process to consider marine frameworkBy Marie O'Halloran
PoliticsCoveney says passport backlog can be cleared ‘within weeks’By Jennifer Bray and Vivienne Clarke
IrelandGarda experts to conduct forensic examination to establish cause of Cork ghost ship fireBy Barry Roche
Special ReportGreen bonds growing in popularity as companies prioritise sustainabilityBy Danielle Barron
An Irish DiaryFiends in High Places – Frank McNally on Walpurgis Night in New York and DonegalBy Frank McNally
HealthGrandparents have picnic table ‘ready for action’ ahead of long-awaited visitBy Marese McDonagh