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Health Minister Stephen Donnelly

Health

HSE to step up booster jab roll-out amid threat of new variant

The roll-out of booster vaccines will be stepped up amid fears the new potentially highly infectious Covid-19 variant will spread to this country soon.

Ryan Tubridy during the opening performance of the Late Late Toy Show PIC Andres Poveda

TV Reviews Premium

Late Late Toy Show goes back to basics and serves up the maximum festive fun

IT’S often been said that an outsider can never understand The Late Late Show. How could they be expected to when there’s nothing else in the world remotely like it?

In attendance during the announcement of the PFA Ireland Award Nominees 2021 is, Head in the Game Young Player of the Year Nominee Ross Tierney of Bohemians at Castleknock Golf Club in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

League of Ireland

‘He died right in front of me . . . I blamed myself’ – Ross Tierney’s rocky road to Dublin decider

‘It’s all about trying to beat the system’: Lotto winner Paddy Kehoe at home in Dublin. His syndicate was initially prevented from claiming their jackpot — hence the headline

Irish News Premium

‘It was absolutely crazy’: the inside story of Ireland’s most audacious Lotto coup

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Review: Is Wren Urban Nest really ‘Ireland’s most sustainable hotel’?

Andrew McGinley with his three children Conor, Darragh and Carla

Comment Premium

Liz Kearney Opinion By dropping Andrew McGinley, the ‘Late Late Show’ has turned its back on its powerful legacy

Top Stories

Everyone over 16 will be offered the shot eventually. Stock image

Health Premium

Where do I and my loved ones stand in the booster queue right now?

Back to normality: Concert-goers at the Tivoli Gardens enjoy Denmark’s first Covid-19 restriction-free event since the start of the pandemic

Coronavirus Premium

Danish difference: why Denmark is doing Covid better than us

Team USA boxing coach Billy Walsh with Claressa Shields after her middleweight final bout at the Rio Olympic Games. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Boxing Premium

‘Nothing has changed. Our sport is being dragged into the gutter’

Finn Ryan (8) rang the bell to celebrate being cancer-free

Television

Lego lover Finn Ryan (8) rings bell on Late Late Toy Show to celebrate being cancer free

John Delaney

Courts

Former FAI chief John Delaney has failed to comply with order, says High Court judge

Booster roll-out campaign set to ramp up. Photo: Martin Rickett/PA

Irish News

Vaccine taskforce: ‘It’s full steam ahead – but this time with health system under huge strain’

Chartered Accountants Ireland wrote to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar seeking leniency for companies. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

Irish Premium

CRO tells firms to go to court if they want to extend filing past November 25 deadline

Kevin and Sandra McCormack with solicitor Ernest Cantillon after their son Conor settled his High Court action for €25 million. Photo: Collins Courts

Courts

€25 million for man left blind and unable to walk after hospital’s lack of action despite parents’ warnings

Davy Tweed PIC Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

News Premium

John Laverty Opinion A ‘larger than life’ character? No, like Jimmy Savile, Davy Tweed was just a vile monster

Alan Hughes has ploughed €300,000 into the production of Aladdin. Photo: PIPPPictures

Irish News

Don’t let the curtain come down on the panto, plead entertainers

Videos

Anti-vaxxer Graham Carey challenges Conor McGregor to a fight

Penneys to create 700 new jobs with 250 million euro investment

EU Commission recommend suspension of flights to South Africa

Viral Norwegian ad shows Santa in same-sex relationship

'This is not the end of the world. The sky is not falling in' - Dr Mike Ryan on South African Covid-19 variant

Late Late Toy Show 2021

Ryan channeling his inner Mowgli back in 2016

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: No more sleeps! – The story of The Late Late Toy Show

Performers (front) Charley Bolster, Zach Culleton, Kate Butler, Layla Ibegu, (back) Sarah Doyle, and Nothabo Siziba ahead of tonight’s Late Late Toy Show, which is themed on the Lion King. Photo: Andres Poveda

Comment

Nicola Anderson Opinion It’s Toy Show day and Tubs is promising to dazzle us with a problem-free philosophy

As the famous song goes: “It’s our problem-free philosophy – Hakuna Matata.” We could all use some of that right now, so the Late Late Toy Show tonight, with its theme of The Lion King, has hit a nerve before even going on air.

Irish News Video

This Dublin toy store was the original inspiration for the Late Late Toy Show

Pan Collins pictured in 1966. Image © RTÉ Stills Library

Television

'Gay said "No, we are not doing a toy slot"' – meet the woman behind Late Late Toy Show's creation

Featured

Well-made gifts that the recipient will actually use are a much better idea than novelty items

Christmas

From gamers to gardeners, 20 stocking filler ideas for everyone on your Christmas list

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Lindsay Peat of the Barbarians in action during a Barbarians Women's Squad Training session in London. Photo: Steve Bardens/Getty Images

Rugby Premium

Peat fire still burns brightly at age 41

Garth Brooks on stage. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Comment Premium

Ed Power Opinion Garth Brooks brings much more than a guitar and Stetson

From top: Actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Nixon of Sex and the City

Television

Sex and the City : Why it’s not just for girls

The 2021 cast of I'm a Celebrity: from left, David Ginola, Louise Minchin, Snoochie Shy, Richard Madeley, Frankie Bridge, Kadeena Cox, Matty Lee, Naughty Boy, Ben Miller and Arlene Phillips

TV Reviews Premium

We need a reality check for dusty old I’m a Celebrity

Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey of Irish Design Shop on Dublin's Drury Street

Travel News

Dancing steps – an Irish company is reimagining old ballroom floorboards as picture frames

Dubs football legend Alan Brogan and All-Ireland-winning Limerick hurling captain Declan Hannon pictured at The Woodlands Hotel in Adare, Co Limerick at the launch of their new sock gift boxes for SicSock.com

Gaelic Football

‘It’s a bit sad the way it ended but time moves on’ —Alan Brogan on Stephen Cluxton’s exit and Dublin's rebuild

Coronavirus

Mandatory hotel quarantine system may be reintroduced. Pictured, people leave a Dublin hotel after completing their mandatory quarantine stay in April. Photo: Colin Keegan/ Collins

Health Premium

Panic over new Omicron variant triggers reboot of curbs on global travel

The Government is clamping down on international travel after a new variant of concern found in southern Africa triggered panic across the globe.

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Comment Premium

Nicola Anderson Opinion Festive fun skids to a halt as parents are left to agonise over what is the right thing to do

At the end of September I stood in line at the Covid test centre, holding my 10-year-old daughter’s hand.

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News

Pandemic baby boom nowhere to be seen as number of births continue to fall

The predicted pandemic baby boom has not come to fruition in Ireland as the number of births continued to fall in 2021.

Michael O'Leary

Comment Premium

Richard Curran Opinion Coalition could use a Covid CEO to plan, take decisions and deliver clear messaging

Analogies between running a business and running a country don’t always work. After the financial crash, many people suggested that if Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary was running the country, he would sort out our financial problems in no time.

Weekend Magazine

When it comes to relationships, effort is more important than money or going on elaborate dates

Sex & Relationships

Asking for a friend: ‘My partner of three years never suggests date nights and doesn’t talk about our future. Should I break up with her?’

There are practical ways to make gifting more sustainable

Christmas

How to master eco-friendly gifting for a greener Christmas

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Interiors

Lights, tinsel, action! How to decorate your Christmas tree like a professional

Print by Gráinne Cuffe

Gardens Premium

Diarmuid Gavin picks the best gifts for gardeners

Niall Breslin. Picture: Steve Humphreys

Life

Singer and mental health advocate Niall Breslin: ‘I broke into Croke Park when they were rebuilding it. I thought, I’m never going to get to play in here, so I might as well break in’

The pandemic has taught us not to risk social events or office work when feeling sick

Comment Premium

Ellen Coyne Opinion The crash course in infection that Covid has brought us on has likely changed our illness etiquette forever, for the better

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Local News

Editor's Choice

Young woman walks past a light box sign on the window of Electric Nightclub on Abbeygate Street, Galway

Health Premium

Omicron explainer: Why is this new variant of Covid-19 fuelling such concern?

Aimee Keogh met her hero Ed Sheeran on the Late Late Toy Show when she was 11 years old. Pic:Mark Condren

Television Premium

Where are they now? We chat to some of The Late Late Toy Show’s biggest stars

Lu Na McKinney. Credit: PSNI/PA

Crime Premium

‘Emotionless wife-killer Stephen McKinney was unable to say her name but wanted me to help him’

Niamh de Brun and TJ Reid after their wedding at the Holy Trinity Church Adare, County Limerick

Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Celebrity News

Kilkenny hurler TJ Reid weds long-term girlfriend Niamh de Brun

Podcasts

New Articles

The Big Tech Show: Finding the next Irish Collison

Black Friday sales (Gareth Fuller/PA)

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: The Black Friday backlash

Real Health Podcast

Real Health Podcast: Top checks that could save your life

Precious Rukundo, who started a baking business during the pandemic while living in direct provision. Picture by David Conachy

The Indo Daily

The Indo Daily: Living in Direct Provision – a teenager’s story

Opinion & Analysis

Fear can be healthy but panic never is

Comment Premium

Larissa Nolan Opinion Tony Holohan needn’t whip up fears – coronavirus is doing a grand job itself

The late Professor George Eogan at Knowth. Photo: Ciara Wilkinson

Comment Premium

Sarah Carey Opinion How a phone mast gave me the chance to meet a great scholar and enlightened man

Acting chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with acting vice-chancellor and finance minister Olaf Scholz after her last cabinet meeting. Photo: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images

Comment Premium

John Downing Opinion Get to know the new Berlin government, it will have a big impact on us all

Memories of Mam, Dad and their customers strengthen my resolve to keep this old house standing

Billy Keane

Meet the electric SUV that really thinks it’s a sports car

Eddie Cunningham

Talk of a US civil war is far-fetched but things are getting unhinged

Ian O'Doherty

Sport

Ray McLoughlin with the Lions in 1971

Rugby Premium

‘Today’s players are standing on his shoulders’ – How the late Ray McLoughlin revolutionised Irish rugby

Georgie Kelly's goal against Waterford at Dalymount Park sent Bohemians through to this year's FAI Cup final. Photo: Sportsfile

League of Ireland Premium

Rising stars, interesting recruits and reformed talents – Five reasons to be excited by the all-Dublin FAI Cup final

Vikki Wall with the statue of legendary Meath manager Seán Boylan which sits outside the Dunboyne Castle Hotel in Co Meath. Photo: Mark Condren

Ladies Football Premium

‘I just text her and said, ‘We are going to win this match’’

Wesley O'Brien with the jerseys he is auctioning for charity

Tennis Premium

Clareman bringing tennis and a little relief to refugee camps

Head coach Leo Cullen during the Leinster Rugby captain's run at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

United Rugby Championship

Cullen backs older Byrne brother to steer Leinster ship

Ali Coote, left, and Liam Burt at the Bohemians FAI Cup final media day at DCU Sports Campus in Dublin. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

League of Ireland

FAI Cup final preview: Bohs wide boys hold the key to intriguing all-Dublin decider

Farming Independent

A Farmer puts out silage for the Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle in a shed on his farm. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

News Premium

exclusive Farmers face ‘serious losses’ as input price inflation soars

Darragh Mc Cullough on his farm in Co. Meath

Comment Premium

Darragh McCullough: I’m a born haggler but there’s plenty I can learn about the art of the deal

John Kingham, farm manager of Tateetra and Rathmore farms outside Dundalk, Co Louth, with some of the suckler herd. Photos: Niall Hurson

Beef Farm Profiles Premium

Inside Ireland’s biggest suckler enterprise – ‘It’s all about genetics’

Fergal Anderson and Emanuela Russo of Leaf and Root, with their daughter Nessa on their land in Kilmeen, Loughrea. Photos: Ray Ryan

Rural Life

“There are no incentives for vegetable farmers or growers in this country”

Michelle Shaughnessy with one of her Highland herd on her family farm at Graffogue, Longford. Photo: Lorraine Teevan

Beef

Meet the Longford woman breeding Highland cattle from the Queen’s herd

Regime: According to all the experts, the twin drillmasters of diet and exercise are key to maintaining one’s health and independence. Photo: Deposit

Comment

Jim O'Brien Opinion We’re all living a lot longer — and we need to start preparing ourselves for this extended old age

Style

Adele meets her old teacher Ms McDonald. Photo: ITV

Comment Premium

Tanya Sweeney Opinion Adele’s reunion with inspirational teacher reminds me of stinging dismissal that made me feel like an idiot

Susanna Schrobsdorff

Comment Premium

Susanna Schrobsdorff Opinion It's easier to embrace body positivity for others - I assumed I’d stop caring about my size and greys but I still do

Jamie Redknapp with new wife Frida Andersson

Celebrity News

Jamie Redknapp and wife Frida Andersson welcome birth of baby boy in touching Instagram post

Miss World swimwear section (seen here in 2006) is being reintroduced this year. Photo: Getty

Comment Premium

Kirsty Blake Knox Opinion The Miss World swimwear section is back — and no one seems too bothered by it

Use some eyeshadow or a brow product in the same colour to fill in the sparse areas or use a brow pencil to create hair-like strokes

Beauty

Triona McCarthy: gender neutrality, custom skincare and Ireland’s answer to Sephora

Camille with her rescue dog Porgy on her sofa — which she got in Ikea and upgraded with velvet covers from Etsy. She commissioned the oval coffee table from Mark Tidy Furniture. The flying birds above the mirror are from a shop in Stoneybatter. She’s even decorated the stairs with green treads and orange patterned risers. Photo: Tony Gavin

Interiors Premium

My Favourite Room: Actor Camille Lucy Ross brings big drama to a small space in her maximalist Dublin 7 home

Entertainment

Maiú with his younger brother Reuben and parents Dawn and Sheila, who are a huge support

Entertainment Premium

A song of freedom: Meet Maiú, the teenager hoping to reverse our Eurovision fortunes

The Beatles' final public performance was on January 30, 1969, when the band played a 42-minute set on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London

Music

The Beatles: Get Back review: Magnificent new series rewrites how we think of final days of The Fab Four

Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year winner Catherine Ryan Howard

Books

Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’ crowned Novel of the Year as winners of An Post Irish Book Awards are revealed

Garth Brooks at Croke Park. Photo: Arthur Carron

Irish News Premium

Party on, Garth – but why do so many Irish people go crazy for the country star?

Mary McAleese and Arlene Foster in 'With God on Our Side'.

TV Reviews Premium

TV reviews: Losing faith with RTÉ’s religious coverage after McAleese’s damp squib

Casting director Amy Rowan. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Life Premium

‘Auditions can be intense — an actor once asked us to slap him’

Travel

Sun holiday offers beckon. Photo: Deposit

Travel News

20 Black Friday travel deals – all the best flights, discounts and holiday codes in one place

The Limerick Greenway

Ireland Premium

Limerick Greenway - what’s it like to cycle the 40km trail from Rathkeale to Abbeyfeale?

Photo: Deposit

Staycations

Just how accessible are Irish hotels for people with disabilities - from bedrooms to pools and websites?

Bertra Beach

Walks Premium

32 winter walks with the wow factor – and a cosy meal or pint at the finishing line

Farnham Estate

Staycations Premium

20 Christmas hotel breaks in Ireland for 2021 - with Santa visits and slap-up meals

A family bunk room at Galway's Connacht Hotel

Travel

35 hotel rooms in Ireland that sleep families of five, six or more

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