Pfizer indicates it can produce a vaccine against the variant in about 100 days

Move aims to boost supply of affordable and social houses sold at discount to first-timers

New spending review says airport traffic levels unlikely to recover until 2025

Social Democrats co-leader to table Bill on the matter after European ruling

CityWide group calls for Taoiseach to intervene as it notes cocaine use has risen by 10,000%

ICU at Dublin hospital reverts to emergency generator supplies after power cut

An Irishman’s Diary

Stellar legal mind with ferocious output and common touch has become figure of criticism

Research shows preference for creation of integrated unitary state over devolved model

Inside Politics: Taoiseach’s answer misleadingly banal but importance cannot be understated

Total of 47 people evacuated from country since Taliban seized control

Concerns build about cost of underwriting project championed by Simon Coveney

Paul Reid calls for unvaccinated people to get the jabs amid high infection levels

Regulator frets that growth of power-hungry facilities may spark blackouts

Pressure mounts on Donohoe as State one of only nine countries to not sign OECD deal

Minister for Finance knows tax endeavour could still fall apart in the US Congress

Approach seen as desire to establish if there is appetite among ‘INM 19’ for settlement

Glenavy Educational Foundation eyes development of 4.67-acre site at Nullamore House

Ministers and officials wary of chasing away source of funding needed for new projects

‘Legal status’ of Moore Street Preservation Trust emerges as pressing cause for concern

Submission raises the prospect of part or all of its 37-acre site being sold for housing

Property company makes submission to council on proposal for Gables venue

Women took on more family duties in pandemic than male colleagues, survey shows

Review notes concerns about the Authority’s relationship with representative bodies

Scientists examining if Covid variant first discovered in Brittany can ‘hide’ from tests

Plan does not ban contact outside working hours but aims to allow staff to switch off

Michael Cullen has survived first onslaught of the controversy but now faces review

Contentious move to abolish mandatory seasonal clock changes ‘not top priority now’

Hume photographed on front page of all Irish papers as well as two UK papers

National papers, tabloids covered meeting in live blogs, news articles and opinion pieces

Resolution says president’s crackdown violates rights protected by constitution

‘Irish Times’ recognised for three pieces of journalism

‘It’s a very, very significant event for the Irish economy,’ says former Blair adviser

What is needed now is a framework programme of political action that commands the support of a majority in the Dáil.

The Government’s habit reached its denouement in efforts to reform the profession

Damien English, Ged Nash and Lucinda Creighton appear at business leaders debate

Regulations that have particularly affected first-time buyers to remain until summer

Opposition to legal profession reforms was expressed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny directly

Regulator says increased uncertainty in the international economy could lead to ‘rapid decline’ in asset prices

CSO quarterly data shows rate dropped to 9.1% in July-September