IrelandTaoiseach rules out further coronavirus restrictions before ChristmasBy Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray
Social AffairsLeading Presbyterian Prof Sam McConkey condemns church’s threat to dismiss Dublin ministerBy Patsy McGarry
IrelandNumber ‘trapped’ in direct provision due to rental crisis increases by 60%By Jack Horgan-Jones
Social AffairsRenters just waiting ‘for disaster to strike... it’s the vulnerability’ – Belfast tenantBy Freya McClements
BusinessBallymore submits planning application for phase 2 of its Dublin Arch schemeBy Ciarán Hancock
MusicThe Christmas Music Quiz: What is the title of a wintry song by Lisa Hannigan?By Tony Clayton-Lea
PeopleRóisín Ingle: The ‘post-coital embarrassment’ of waking from the Christmas fever dreamBy Róisín Ingle
Health‘Our daughter is living with a man with addiction issues. We are really worried’By Trish Murphy
FoodChef Gaz Smith to open steak and seafood restaurant in Blackrock Village CentreBy Marie Claire Digby
BooksAmericans Anonymous: an Irish photographer and poet seek to take the US pulseBy Barry Delaney and John O'Donnell
BusinessTetrarch seeks rezoning support, consumer sentiment dips, and the benefits of flexible jobsBy Nora-Ide McAuliffe
MotorsState targets over 585,000 electric car registrations in last three years of decadeBy Michael McAleer
SportGordon D’Arcy on how Irish rugby can change; Nketiah puts down a marker for ArsenalBy Ruaidhrí Croke
RugbyGordon D’Arcy: Irish rugby can’t change the past but we can do things differentlyBy Gordon D'Arcy
Crime & LawBoy (16) arrested after assault in which another teenager was hospitalisedBy Shauna Bowers
HealthOnline booking system for boosters opens as record number of jabs givenBy Shauna Bowers and Vivienne Clarke
BusinessOxford and AstraZeneca developing Omicron-targeted version of vaccineBy Donato Paolo Mancini and Hannah Kuchler
SoccerRoman Abramovich settles case over defamatory claims Putin ordered him to buy ChelseaBy Luke Harding
HealthCovid: 6,307 further cases as CMO tells young people he is not ‘finger pointing’By Shauna Bowers and Vivienne Clarke
TechnologyApple loses SEC bid to block three shareholder proposalsBy Patrick Temple-West and Patrick McGee
EconomyDonohoe ‘does not have legal means’ to pursue dividend firms over Covid supportsBy Vivienne Clarke
AfricaSouth Africans with Omicron variant 80pc less likely to be hospitalised, study findsBy Bill Corcoran
HealthRestrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men to be eased next yearBy Shauna Bowers
Crime & Law‘Extensive investigation’ into allegations of gardaí extorting food-delivery workersBy Conor Gallagher
Asia-PacificAfghanistan’s looming famine: will the West help the Taliban?By Benjamin Parkin and Fazelminallah Qazizai
Commercial PropertyChinese property developers hit by record rating downgradesBy Andy Lin and Thomas Hale
Crime & LawPrison Inspector criticises use of solitary confinement to contain Covid-19By Conor Gallagher
An Irish DiaryTibb’s the Season – Frank McNally on the patron saint of things that never happenBy Frank McNally
EconomyIreland to support French EU presidency on 15% corporate tax rateBy Cliff Taylor and Colin Gleeson
HealthIncrease in Covid cases driven by Omicron variant set to ‘kick off’, says Paul ReidBy Paul Cullen
BooksThomas Kinsella: President Higgins and fellow writers pay tribute to a great poetBy Martin Doyle
HealthSchools still main setting for Covid outbreaks but figures fall considerablyBy Mark Hilliard and Ronan McGreevy
BusinessPlans for over 8,500 residential units lodged with An Bord Pleanála in five daysBy Gordon Deegan