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Review: Apple’s new iPad Air is an iPad Pro Lite that is perfect for work and studying

It’s clear to me after using it for a week that Apple’s new iPad Air is basically an iPad Pro ‘Lite’. It’s a superb in-between tablet that takes so many of the iPad Pro’s features that it’s both a compelling competitor to the ‘Pro’ — for €230 less — and a sensible stretch if you’re thinking of the new ‘basic’ iPad 8th Generation.

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Lockdown lifts: 12 little things to get you through the next six weeks

If you woke up this week with a certain amount of doom sitting in the pit of your stomach, you’re certainly not alone. When lockdown was announced in March, we banded together in a sort of Blitz spirit, often keen to do our bit in the ‘war’ against Covid-19. But now, as we enter into a second wave of lockdowns, the nights are getting longer and many of us, while keen to do the right thing are just a bit… well, depleted.

Your Level 5 questions answered: Can my kids play outside with friends, is church ‘essential’ and can I travel more than 5km to collect something?

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Senan Molony Opinion How perfect storm of patient privacy, long phone calls and recruitment issues is causing our contact tracing system to fail

Contact tracing calls increased 400pc over past six weeks, says Health Minister Stephen Donnelly

'It's about the social aspect and mental health' - Golfers blast decision to rule play out of bounds

Ruaidhri O'Connor Opinion New-look Ireland side means this team now has Andy Farrell's stamp on it

Covid outbreaks in schools doubled again last week

'Everyone needs to stay home' - Holohan warns as 1,167 new Covid cases and three more deaths confirmed

'We will be here when it's over' - Dublin tattoo parlour opens for one day only on eve of lockdown

How one person visiting family passed Covid-19 on to over 17 people, a funeral and at least two workplaces

Pandemic leads to ‘supply issue’ of floating widgets in cans of Guinness

Publicans suing FBD could have sought pandemic cover elsewhere if they 'wanted to', court told

Former Fine Gael Minister Michael Ring won't vote for fines for people in rural Ireland who break 5km travel ban

Eilish O'Regan Opinion Collapse of contact-tracing system is just the latest catastrophe for the HSE

'We are at a loss as to why Minister won't work with us' - women affected by CervicalCheck scandal angry at Government move on compensation tribunal

McDonald left health officials' briefing after less than an hour

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Review: Apple’s new iPad Air is an iPad Pro Lite that is perfect for work and studying

Lockdown lifts: 12 little things to get you through the next six weeks

'We are in a form of lifelong lockdown as disabled people' - Mark Pollock

Brendan Fanning Opinion Hugo Keenan's arrival at this level is timely as Andy Farrell needed someone new to grab what's going

Coming up roses: Meet the Irish man designing floral walls for Paris Hilton and Kylie Jenner

Diana told newspaper editor her marriage was 'hell from day one'

Level 5 lockdown: Everything you need to know about the new Covid laws and fines for travel and house parties

Shoppers brave the elements to stock up before locking down

Colette Browne Opinion There is no hope if all we have to look forward to is permanent lockdowns

HSE criticised for delay in contact tracing of school case

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Lockdown 2.0: 15 mistakes I won’t make this time around, from boozing to banana bread

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Everything you need to know: The full lockdown rules, exceptions and definitions of ‘essential work/travel’

John Downing Opinion Defeat in Lords for Boris Johnson as UK accused of 'just faffing around'

'We deserved to win' - Solskjaer hails Manchester United's win in Paris

Lions to take on Japan in test match at Murrayfield next June

Golfers remain in dark over Covid-19 rules as country prepares to enter Level 5

'Take it as if it's our last game of the year' - Clare's Tony Kelly raring to go for Limerick tie

Mike McGrath Opinion Klopp and his men still furious ahead of Ajax tie over Everton 'taking it too far'

No peace treaty for Cunninghams as father faces son in Munster clash

The Throw-In: While the nation holds its breath, inter-county GAA makes its return

The Big Tech Show: The death of cinemas

The Left Wing: Ireland's Six Nations bubble, scrum-half competition and Peter Stringer on life after Munster

Philip Ryan Opinion Government can’t shift the blame this time

Sinead Ryan Opinion Only a dummy wouldn't love to fly a jet pack

Sean Barrett Opinion Future generations will pay for our failure to reduce costs in health and building sectors

Defeat in Lords for Boris Johnson as UK accused of 'just faffing around'

There is no hope if all we have to look forward to is permanent lockdowns

Large slice of humble pie for the Government as we enter Level 5 restrictions following Nphet advice

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Dr Tony Holohan: R number needs to drop to 0.5 by December

Micheál Martin on difficult 'All Island' approach to tackling Covid-19

Serious flooding in Cork city after high tide and heavy rainfall

Donald Trump says a vote for Biden is a vote for 'boredom'

Guidance counsellor Aoife Walsh: Sixth years are very stressed and the strain on them is showing

Taking a swim in cold water may help protect us against dementia

Lockdown 2.0: 15 mistakes I won’t make this time around, from boozing to banana bread

Five things you can do to cope with the new Covid-19 restrictions

Babies taking in high levels of microplastics when fed instant formula, major study finds

‘I want to finish what my beloved wife Deirdre started’

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Paul Mescal pairs Kildare kit with €10,000 fleece in GQ fashion shoot

Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges diagnosed with lymphoma

Stefanie Preissner: Everyone is going on about "positive vibes only", but all I want to do is lie on the ground and thrash my arms and legs and have an absolute rager

'My mother would go to the bathroom and take a load of pills' - Barbara Amiel on her difficult childhood, career, money, marriage to Conrad Black, and their fall from grace

'My friends got messages saying I deserved bullets to the head' - Love Island's Greg O'Shea on death threats after split from Amber Gill

Sky History halts new series The Chop after viewers claim contestant has neo Nazi tattoos on his face

'The Toy Show must go on', Ryan Tubridy assures young fans

The IFTAs Review: 'Absence of bloated pomp and smug self-congratulation actually made awards enjoyable'

Singing for their supper: Daniel O'Donnell waives concert fee to support his crew

Reaction to the killing of Lord Mountbatten to be depicted on hit Netflix show 'The Crown'

It's 'painful' not to be able to play new songs live, Springsteen reveals

Have dog, will travel - why pet-friendly trips are booming during the pandemic

Finding my muse 'where the peace comes dropping slow'

Ireland's 'Green List' to continue with zero countries as Ryanair slashes winter flights

Four Irish hotels named among Europe's Top 10 resorts

Pól Ó Conghaile Opinion At last, our battered tourism industry gets a little good news