Luke O’Neill

AIB and PTSB spent €20m on adviser fees for purchase of Ulster Bank loans

Seen & Heard: lobbying for Electric Picnic, Bank of Ireland CEO’s view of mortgage rules, and Simon Pratt’s new food venture

Lost at sea: The August night paddleboarders Sara Feeney and Ellen Glynn were swept away

Radio: The young women’s ordeal last year gets a superbly vivid, tense retelling from Lorna Siggins

Did Covid leak from a Wuhan lab? Irish scientists weigh it up

Opinions veer from ‘it’s clear this is a natural virus’ to ‘it’s not acting like a typical virus’

Q&A: Leg wax? Shopping? A visit to Kerry? How to enjoy reopening without catching Covid

How to stay safe as the phased reopening of retail, personal care and museums begins

Irish immunologist Prof Kate Fitzgerald elected to US National Academy of Sciences

‘Incredible honour’ for international leader in the field of innate immunity

95 things to look forward to: Matches, movies, plays, pints, pals

By Aisling Bea, Mary McAleese, Richard Ford, Marian Keyes, Tolü Makay, Blindboy and more

Q&A: What are the chances of being able to holiday abroad this summer?

Conor Pope on the prospects for foreign travel and sunshine vacations in 2021

Luke O’Neill says it is ‘sensible’ to sign up to EU green certs to facilitate tourism

Trinity professor also tells industry body that he supports antigen testing for events

Q&A: What’s happening now with the Covid-19 vaccination programme?

Niac to discuss key elements of the State’s plan on Thursday

Experts urge caution on extending gap between doses of vaccines

Senior medics say a significant benefit to the vaccination programme would be needed to justify extending the gap

Explainer: Pros and cons of extending gap between vaccine doses

Minister for Health is awaiting a recommendation on whether to extend interval

The Irish Times Business Person of the Month: Matt Cooper

Inflazome sells to Swiss pharma giant Roche for an initial €380 million

RTÉ Prime Time bids to hold on to 100,000 new viewers with revamp

Editor Richard Downes hopes refreshed show can keep Covid audience ‘dividend’

Explainer: What restrictions are being relaxed and when will more be lifted?

High Covid-19 numbers and a slow vaccine rollout is stopping Government doing more

Is Government at risk of ‘losing the room’ in Covid-19 fight?

Experts say State must balance restrictions with rewards to maintain public buy-in

Luke O’Neill: ‘I would be in bits by now without music. It has held me together’

Soundtrack of My Life: The scientist on tracks that have helped him through the pandemic

The damage to AstraZeneca’s reputation is massive and possibly lasting

Analysis: Danger of falling ill from Covid-19 appears far greater than the threat of blood clotting

I’m entitled to my stupid opinion, and I say pigs should wear shoes

Patrick Freyne: Eating with the Enemy is a televisual response to our endless opinionising

Covid-19: New challenges for Ireland’s response in ‘year of the variant’

Vaccines and strengthened disease surveillance are critical in year two of the pandemic

Covid-19: 10 things we thought about the virus a year ago – that turned out to be wrong

Masks don’t work. Travel isn’t a major factor. Vaccines will solve it all. And other myths

‘We should have done better’: Cillian de Gascun, Paul Reid and Stephen Donnelly look back

Covid-19, one year on: The virus was first detected in Ireland on February 29th, 2020

Death threats, gifts, parodies: The life of an Irish ‘Covid celeb’

Profs Sam McConkey, Aoife McLysaght and Luke O’Neill on becoming household names

Photographic record of Covid-dominated year to be prepared by press photographers

Annual awards ceremony on live stream from Dublin city centre on Friday evening

Constant bad news about Covid is enough to make you sick

Much research demonstrates that consuming too much bad news takes a toll on health

Coronavirus: More than 1,000 deaths and 100,000 cases recorded in January

Nphet reports 79 further fatalities as ‘level of infection remains twice that of October peak’

Zero Covid: What is it and why is it suddenly so popular?

The Government is following a suppression strategy. Opposition parties favour ‘zero Covid’

Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Brexit makes a united Ireland more likely’

‘I firmly believe Scottish independence will happen,’ Scotland’s first minister has said

Mairead McGuinness: They don’t call me ‘Elbows McGuinness’ to my face

‘I’ve always had the view that if I was able to do a job, I should put my name forward’

My Covid experience: ‘The mind starts to race. Oh God, why didn’t I do more with my life?’

Fatigue, addled daydreams and the reassurance of an oximeter

The Irish Times Winter Nights festival: Everything you need to know

Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Sturgeon, Emma Dabiri and more to appear at the online festival

Covid-19: Eight deaths and 4,929 cases reported in Republic

Acute hospital system under severe pressure after 156 further admissions in 24 hours

Daily Covid-19 deaths will inevitably increase, says McConkey

Outbreaks of infection in nursing homes increases steadily over past month

Clear History: Yet another not so funny RTÉ comedy show

TV review: In fairness, there are sections where it doesn’t feel like an endurance test

Immunologist rejects idea Covid-19 vaccines were approved too fast

Prof Luke O’Neill says pharmaceutical sector has highest standards of regulation and validation

Young scientists exhibition to boost global reach with virtual staging

BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2021 features livestreamed events from Dublin’s Mansion House

Do schools pose unacceptable risk as rampant Covid-19 spread now evident in communities?

Variant strain and ‘symptomless spread’ suggest threat has become more significant

Irish Times Winter Nights Festival: Nicola Sturgeon, Gabriel Byrne, Dara Ó Briain and Edith Eger

Join us online for five nights of unforgettable debate, discussion, distraction and everything in between

Irish designer of Oxford vaccine: ‘I’ve never worked so hard in my life’

Tess Lambe estimates three billion doses of the Covid-19 jab will be available to distribute

Scientists must counter ‘fake stuff’ on Covid-19, says Luke O’Neill

Prominent immunologist ‘90% confident’ suitable vaccine will be found because of scale of research undertaken

Inflazome’s Matt Cooper named best emerging entrepreneur

Roche recently paid €380m for the company founded by Mr Cooper and Prof Luke O’Neill

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