By now it plays out as theatre – the initial warnings, the appeal to personal responsibility, the grim predictions and, finally, the Taoiseach’s sombre address to the nation.
Other countries have had their own surges and crises in this pandemic – even now over a dozen European states have more Covid-19 patients in hospital than Ireland – but in few of them do events demand as much drama as in Ireland.
Martin says further Covid restrictions cannot be ruled out as new measures announced to curb surge
UK arms firm strikes housing lease deal with Dublin council
Róisín Ingle: ‘Live your life,’ the vaccinators said. ‘Don’t go mad,’ they should have added
Gordon D’Arcy: Ireland’s win over All Blacks was a victory for the ages
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Miriam Lord: Sean FitzPatrick left a lasting impression
Taoiseach denies he told Kelly teachers would be exempt from new Covid rule
‘Ireland has given me my true identity and transformed how I see the world’
Protect the Good Friday Agreement? Why don’t we try implementing it first?
Stripe leads $38m investment in Irish-founded start-up Imprint
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Olivia Colman: ‘Only stick with honest friends’
‘I got 65 CAO points. The system failed me’: neurodiversity in the classroom
‘We would be in lockdown without vaccination’, Taoiseach says as new Covid restrictions announced
Gate Theatre unable to present full year of productions in 2022
Susan McKay: Traditional unionism is incoherent and broken
Covid vaccine boosters for those with underlying conditions and over-50s confirmed
Iconic Stillorgan toy shop reaches for the sky with plans for new generation
This smoky lentil stew is one-pot comfort-food perfection
‘My husband and I are both in our sixties. Are we too old to separate?’
Alan Cumming on abuse: ‘I am better, but it is like a wound that is never going to go away’
House of the future: An A-rated three-bed in Dublin 7 for €495k
Good day for FitzPatrick and Quinn’s cheerleaders to reflect
Adoptees from mother and baby homes will ‘fight’ for change to redress scheme
Putin critics fight crackdown and decry Kremlin whitewash of Soviet crimes
A priest sits on a bed, trousers off, legs open. ‘What do you do when you think of girls?’ he asks
Covid conundrum: Why is Ireland worse off than most of western Europe?
Dublin site with planning for 1,823 homes on the market for €50m
Former colleagues and business figures attend Sean FitzPatrick’s funeral
Manor Farm profits up 60%, Sean Fitzpatrick’s funeral, and investor closes in on deal for Penneys distribution hub
‘An extremely useful tool’: Antigen testing at a Kildare food plant
Will soon be possible to sell excess renewable energy to national grid – Ryan
Griffin’s unexpected retirement another blow for Irish women’s rugby
Some new Covid measures may take weeks to make impact
Renters to get right to ‘unlimited’ tenancies under new legislation
Comforting chicken and mushroom pie with mouth-watering flavours
German investor closes in on €129m deal for Penneys distribution centre
Omagh set the wheels in motion as they seek to make ends meet
When I’m with my children I’m often not 100% there
What will be the human cost of the Belarus-Poland migrant crisis?
