WorldOmicron: States race to delay spread of Covid variant as more cases detectedByDonato Paolo Mancini, Mehreen Khan, Joe Miller and Mehul Srivastava
IrelandWoman back from South Africa with Covid symptoms awaits PCR testByRonan McGreevy and Sorcha Pollak
IrelandRisk of Omicron variant: Additional Covid testing for arrivals into State under considerationByJack Horgan-Jones and Paul Cullen
BusinessGovernment can expect ‘grey vote’ backlash if it doesn’t take senior living seriouslyByTom Sheridan
Social AffairsPlea for Minister to stop deportation of man in direct provision for six yearsByMarese McDonagh
An Irish DiaryMunster’s Champions Cup matches in real doubt as they remain in South AfricaByGerry Thornley
Your FamilyKieran Cuddihy: Since I no longer carry my son, I find it harder to put down his sisterByKieran Cuddihy
Financial ServicesLiquidators of Wirecard’s Irish arm focus fraud investigation on four key areasByJoe Brennan
BusinessWirecard’s Irish investigation, non-bank mortgage market expands, and ‘grey vote’ backlashByNora-Ide McAuliffe
EconomyHalf of Irish firms negatively impacted by ongoing labour shortage – surveyByEoin Burke-Kennedy
PoliticsIrish Government should call for waiver on patents for vaccines, FF MEP saysByVivienne Clarke
BusinessTwo thirds of Irish law firms say turnover still below pre-pandemic levelsByEoin Burke-Kennedy
HealthOmicron symptoms are ‘mild’ - scientist in South African lab where variant discoveredByVivienne Clarke
EnvironmentWeather conditions to ease early this week with milder temperatures forecastByMark Hilliard
EnvironmentForests ‘make minimal difference’ in reducing impact of major floods – studyByKevin O'Sullivan
EducationRCSI first Irish higher level institution to launch race equality action planBySorcha Pollak
Financial ServicesAmigo Loans faces collapse if it fails to resolve disputeBySiddharth Venkataramakrishnan
EducationMore than 7,000 requests for free antigen tests on first day of schemeByJack Power and Cormac McQuinn
HealthCovid-19: 4,607 new cases reported with 579 patients in hospitalByVivienne Clarke and Cormac McQuinn
TechnologyIrish inquiries into big tech too slow, campaigner complains to EU ombudsmanBySimon Carswell
EducationSecondary teachers asked to volunteer for overtime to cover substitute shortagesByJade Wilson
IrelandMinister’s ‘mixed messaging’ is ‘putting the whole industry at risk’ – panto producerBySarah Burns
TechnologyCosgrave ‘routinely chastised and demeaned staff’, ex-Web Summit director claimsByMary Carolan
BusinessInvestment fund designed to open doors to Asian markets seeks new Irish applicantsByCiara O'Brien
EconomyNorth’s economy outperforms rest of UK, official figures showByValentina Romei and Chris Giles
BusinessGrafton expects sale of traditional merchanting business in UK to close by FebruaryByCiara O'Brien
TV & Radio‘Joe said he’d kill Rachel if he got away with it’: The capture of an Irish murdererByEd Power
Your Family‘My seven-year-old is very negative and this can be very difficult to tackle’ByJohn Sharry