People‘It’s such a good present I actually wanted to smash it to pieces – just purely out of spite’By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
OpinionDiarmaid Ferriter: The treaty passed and peace of Christmas 1921 shatteredBy Diarmaid Ferriter
PoliticsNo Christmas meet-up with Varadkar amid Covid despite good relationship, Martin saysBy Pat Leahy
PoliticsGovernment braces for impact of Omicron strain over Christmas periodBy Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones, Simon Carswell and Jennifer Bray
PoliticsMiriam Lord’s 2021 Awards: Coalition had to Sinn and bear it in the year of Mary LouBy Miriam Lord
Social AffairsEscape from Kabul: ‘We were about to leave for the airport when we heard the explosion’By Marese McDonagh
Social AffairsWinning the rental lottery: How securing a cost rental home changed a family’s lifeBy Olivia Kelly
OpinionFintan O’Toole: 2021 – a year of miracles and disappointments in a new Age of ReasonBy Fintan O'Toole
PeoplePartition, armchair epidemiology and Joe Duffy: 2021’s top conversation killersBy Jennifer O'Connell
BooksBlanaid Salkeld and the Gayfield Press: the ‘noble art’ of private print publishingBy Deirdre Brady
TechnologyBack-ups, updates and accounts: Things to check off the Christmas tech listBy Ciara O'Brien
HealthCovid-19: 11,182 new cases reported in State, with 83% estimated to be Omicron variantBy Shauna Bowers and Vivienne Clarke
Crime & LawPostmortems due on bodies of father and son found at Donegal houseBy Conor Gallagher and Stephen Maguire
IrelandSanta and his reindeer prepare for wet, windy night while crossing over IrelandBy Sorcha Pollak