PoliticsOmicron wave: Certain key workers to be exempt from need for self-isolationBy Jack Horgan-Jones, Pat Leahy and Jennifer Bray
BooksAccolades for late poet Thomas Kinsella over ‘excellence that did not know borders’By Martin Doyle
TechnologyKarlin Lillington’s biggest technology stories of 2021: NFTs, Meta and moreBy Karlin Lillington
CultureIf someone can be cancelled, someone can be uncancelled. Let’s start with Arthur GriffithBy Joe Humphreys
EuropeRenting: Can we learn anything from Vienna, Berlin or the Netherlands?By Derek Scally and Peter Cluskey
EconomyIDA Ireland takes legal action against Information Commissioner over FoI decisionBy Arthur Beesley
Gaelic GamesCiarán Murphy: Christmas the time when, once again, I ask ‘will I go another year?’By Ciarán Murphy
PeopleThe New York Times came to Ireland to look for secret charms and seventh sons. This is what it foundBy Megan Specia
PeopleSanta Claus: Who is he, where did he come from, and when did he become a capitalist?By Caomhán Keane
BooksThomas McCarthy’s diaries: Robert Graves’ magic mushrooms; the last of the GeraldinesBy Thomas McCarthy
BusinessIDA takes legal action, alcohol pricing warning and Karlin Lillington’s top storiesBy Conn Ó Midheach
SportKlopp full of praise for Kelleher; the Christmas conundrum of whether to retire or notBy Ruaidhrí Croke
WorldOmicron cases less likely to require hospital treatment, studies showBy Oliver Barnes and John Burn-Murdoch and Richard Milne
Financial ServicesPTSB and Ulster Bank seek competition clearance for €6.8bn loans dealBy Joe Brennan
An Irish DiaryWitness claims Bailey did not deny being seen near Toscan du Plantier murder sceneBy Barry Roche
TechnologyIntel apologises for banning use of components from XinjiangBy William Langley and Ryan McMorrow
TV & RadioKate Winslet, the star who’s a slob like us: ‘Middle-aged women have long been underestimated’By Ryan Gilbey
Asia-PacificChina locks down 13m to contain Covid outbreak ahead of Winter OlympicsBy William Langley
RacingRachael Blackmore looking to cap dream year with King George success on Minella IndoBy Brian O'Connor
SoccerGuardiola makes strike claim as angry Benítez joins chorus over player welfareBy Paul MacInnes and Andy Hunter
IrelandPalliative care services ‘curtailed’ for new patients in north eastBy Jack Power and Vivienne Clarke
An Irish DiaryFace the music – A new, deeply personal documentary on the life of Seán Ó RiadaBy Frank McNally
SoccerConspiracy theories and misgivings see Premier League vaccine rates hit a wallBy Rory Smith and Tariq Panja