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Church and State
'The shame was not theirs – it was ours': Full text of Taoiseach's apology to mother and baby home survivors
State apology
'I apologise for the profound generational wrong': Taoiseach gives landmark apology to survivors of mother and baby homes
Leaders' Questions
Mother and baby home report and government's response is a 'whitewash', says Boyd Barrett
more power to you
Green hue to Joe Biden's team grows as Irish-American Samantha Power picked to lead aid agency
international travel
Cabinet signs off on all passengers requiring negative PCR test result prior to arrival in Ireland
golfgate
Fine Gael readmits three senators who lost the party whip over their attendance at Golfgate dinner
final report
5-year investigation finds at least 9,000 children died in Ireland's mother and baby homes
Inauguration
Security services will be ready for Biden’s inauguration, says Secret Service agent in charge of the event
alternative testing
Ireland to get first allocation of antigen tests from European Commission early this year
Mary Harney
'Accept responsibility and we might accept your apology': Survivors brace themselves for mother and baby home report
hospital figures
More than 1,500 people in hospital with Covid-19 as Ireland reports more cases per capita than any other country
Special Needs
Re-opening schools for students with special needs to be prioritised by government, says minister
forced adoption
Philomena Lee says Ireland must ensure mother and baby home 'atrocities' never happen again
burials
Varadkar supports investigation into 'disrespectful' leak of mother and baby home information
Online Payments
Irish-founded Stripe to stop processing payments for Donald Trump's campaign website
bessborough
How a 'surprising' lack of burial records impacted the work of the mother and baby home commission
Electoral Reform
Voting during a pandemic? Plans for social distancing at polling stations and new Electoral Commission announced
Covid-19
Varadkar's message to private hospitals: 'You need to make your doctors, nurses and ICU beds available in third wave'
Riots
'I can't stay': US envoy to Northern Ireland resigns after pro-Trump rioters storm Capitol Hill
CMO LETTER
Sample shows one in four Covid-19 cases in Ireland last week were UK variant, Holohan told government
need to know
US reeling after storming of Capitol: Here are the main points you need to know this morning
US Capitol
Four fatalities: One person shot by police, three deaths from medical emergencies amid Capitol chaos
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