EducationUniversities face sweeping changes in oversight and governance under new BillBy Carl O'Brien
OpinionUna Mullally: An emboldened people with rising standards threatens conservativesBy Una Mullally
HealthDisruption to health services expected as over 6,000 staff on leave due to Covid-19By Paul Cullen and Harry McGee
Social AffairsMica scheme may lead to rise in northwest homelessness, charity warnsBy Marese McDonagh
BusinessWatchdog asked to investigate shareholder payments by firms taking Covid supportsBy Mark Paul
TransportAir travel 2021: The sector began the year as one of Covid’s panto villainsBy Barry O'Halloran
BooksPoetry, Memory and the Party: Journals 1974-2014: an unrivalled account of life in IrelandBy Clíona Ní Ríordáin
TV & RadioSean Bean: ‘My next show is about a 27-year marriage – which isn’t something I know about’By Mark Lawson
Health‘Sober curious’? How to embrace mindful drinking instead of wrestling with Dry JanuaryBy Dani Blum
People‘When it’s bright outside I’m able to see. When it’s dark I always ask for help’By Sorcha Pollak
SoccerPhilipp Lahm: As Qatar World Cup looms it is clearer than ever that sport is politicsBy Philipp Lahm
Asia-PacificHong Kong's free press faces collapse as second news site announces closureBy Chan Ho-him and Primrose Riordan
Middle EastIran marks second anniversary of US killing of military commander Qassem SuleimaniBy Michael Jansen
Gaelic Games‘You’re a f**king cheat’: Seven players facing action for abuse after Connacht SFC semiBy John Fallon
HealthNurses urge shelving elective care amid rising hospital numbers and staff absencesBy Vivienne Clarke
An Irish DiaryClerical errors – Ray Burke on Fr Peter Daly’s sway over 19th-century GalwayBy Ray Burke
UKBoris Johnson admits Omicron is putting NHS under pressureBy Jim Pickard and Hannah Kuchler and Clive Cookson
IrelandTeenager drowns while swimming off Donegal’s Arranmore IslandBy Stephen Maguire and Shauna Bowers
EducationCoronavirus: Call for staggered school reopening amid Omicron surgeBy Shauna Bowers and Vivienne Clarke