EducationFeeder Schools: Wealthy areas keep strong advantage in accessing third-level placesBy Peter McGuire and Brian Mooney
HealthCovid-19: The inside story of how the contact tracing system averted a Christmas collapseBy Harry McGee
EducationGovernment U-turn on partial reopening of schools amid mounting opposition from teachersBy Jennifer Bray, Carl O'Brien and Paul Cullen
CulturePatrick Freyne’s TV of 2021: More Sally Rooney ridey stuff and a return to Middle EarthBy Patrick Freyne
MusicKerri Watt: Neptune’s Daughter review – Distinct and interesting change of directionBy Tony Clayton-Lea
MusicBarry Gibb and Friends: Greenfields review – Game approach but doesn’t match originalsBy Joe Breen
FoodThe Happy Pear: a burrito bowl with homemade guacamole and salsa for sharingBy David Flynn and Stephen Flynn
SportLeinster and Ulster meet in Pro14 cracker; Villa to field youth side in Liverpool tieBy Patrick Madden
EducationRecord number from Deis schools progress to third levelBy Carl O'Brien, Éanna Ó Caollaí and Peter McGuire
EducationGovernment to focus on special needs supports while schools remain closed – DonohoeBy Vivienne Clarke
US‘Put the coffee on!’ The rioters who stormed the US CapitolBy Sabrina Tavernise and Matthew Rosenberg
USSimon & Schuster cancels plans for US senator Josh Hawley’s bookBy Elzabeth A Harris and Alexandra Alter
Crime & LawEnglish police seek Irish relatives of deceased man with no known next-of-kinBy Sarah Burns
ScienceGiven the space, teens can make significant products – tech entrepreneur Shane CurranBy Kevin O'Sullivan
BusinessHyundai in talks with Apple over electric car collaborationBy Song Jung-a and Edward White and Patrick McGee
BusinessIreland in line for 3.3m additional Pfizer doses as EU doubles vaccine dealBy Vivienne Clarke
CourtsMan ordered to stay away from places of detention and not to fly drones near themBy Joe Barrett
HealthMillions of Covid-19 vaccine doses to be available monthly in second half of yearBy Paul Cullen and Vivienne Clarke
IrelandUnionists say Belfast City Council’s policy change on bilingual signs will damage community relationsBy Gerry Moriarty
ScienceCork student who designed software to detect ‘deepfake’ videos wins 2021 BTYSTE contestBy Kevin O'Sullivan
Middle East‘Like a dictatorship’: Arab citizens pour scorn on US over Washington riotsBy Michael Jansen
IrelandMore than 200 Covid-19 related deaths in North at height of Christmas holidayBy Gerry Moriarty
Social AffairsParents of children with special needs: ‘It’s just going to chip away at our children’By Shauna Bowers
An Irish DiaryMidlands Misadventure – Frank McNally on New York writer Spalding Gray’s ill-fated trip to WestmeathBy Frank McNally
UKUK records highest daily death toll since start of pandemicBy Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe and Anna Gross
EducationHow the Government’s plan to reopen schools unravelled in 24 hoursBy Carl O'Brien and Jack Horgan-Jones
TransportDPD UK has paused road delivery services into Ireland until at least WednesdayBy Sarah Burns
Social AffairsFund for struggling childcare providers will be made available next weekBy Mark Hilliard
HealthCovid-19: South African strain detected for first time in IrelandBy Pat Leahy and Vivienne Clarke