Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis: the agreement averts a potential cash crunch in March that could have forced the country out of the currency area. Photograph: Eric Vidal/ReutersDeal gives Greece breathing space but with conditions
Health services cuts over, Varadkar will tell ardfheisMinister for Health Leo Varadkar. He will emphasise a number of areas where he says things are being done well. “Medicine prices are falling for patients and taxpayers due to greater competition and tough negotiations. Our ambulance services are improving.” Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Plans for plain tobacco product packaging to go aheadPlans introduced by former minister for health Dr James Reilly to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products are to go ahead despite a legal threat from the tobacco industry. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
Dublin property bubbles stretch back 300 yearsThe research by financial analyst Karl Deeter, Frank Quinn of the Blackrock Further Education Institute and David Duffy of the Economic and Social Research Institute looked at streets across Dublin city
Ex-partner says Graham Dwyer pretended to stab her during sexWitness Emer McShea at Dublin Central Criminal Court where she gave evidence at the trial of Graham Dwyer. Photograph: Court Collins.
Anti-water-charges group calls for calm ahead of protestAn anti-water-charges protest in Dublin on December 10th last. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw.
Trinity and UCD speakers win ‘Irish Times’ debateTeam winners Ronan O’Connor and Hugh Guidera from TCD Phil (left and centre) and Individual winner Eoin MacLachlan from UCD L&H. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish Times
Channel 4 Irish Famine comedy fuels lively debate Famine statue in Dublin: a debate hosted by the London Irish Comedy Festival about comedy and censorship was dominated by ‘Hungry’, a not-yet written commission for Channel 4 about the Famine. Photograph: Kate Geraghty
Kiev blames Putin aide for Maidan square killings by snipersUkrainians in Independence Square in Kiev yesterday for the commemoration ceremony for Maidan activists who were killed during anti-government protests in 2014. Photograph: EPA/Roman Pilipey
Séan Dunne’s wife seeks to block US legal action on assets Gayle Killilea-Dunne, the wife of insolvent property developer Sean Dunne, has sought to block a legal action taken by his US bankruptcy official to recover millions of euro in assets he transferred to her. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times.
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Expanded investigation of Portiuncula maternity careAt least 12 births where issues arose are to be investigated in the review of Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co Galway. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy
Strauss-Kahn pimping trial ends in smilesEx-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his hotel during the third week of the so-called “Lille Carlton Hotel Case” trial. Photograph: Getty
Storm washes Armada wreckage on to Sligo beachThe finds (pictured) follow the discovery last year of part of a 20ft rudder from one of the vessels on the beach. Photograph: Ciaran McHugh Photography
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