Irish Independent - 2018-01-04

• A nation on edge: more storms to lash country
• Jihadi motive probed after murder rampage
• Harris defends invisibili­ty as A&Es branded war zones
• Disturbing attack shows our security is vulnerable
• No state can totally protect itself from this sort of insanity
• City braced for another surge with record high tide today
• Business owners shocked at ferocity of floods
• US cold snap and warm Atlantic waters whip up stronger storms
• Calls for urgent defence works as Storm Eleanor wreaks havoc
• ‘I was cool, calm and collected’ – woman who drove through waves
• Record storm surge proves we have work cut out to beat floods
• 2017 broke records for winds and wet summer
• ‘Boxer’ quickly on the scene – but Murphy in eye of the storm
• Varadkar warns of ‘major fines’ for not meeting climate targets
• ‘My mother is 87 and she’s been waiting on a trolley for 24 hours’
• Harris defends his invisibili­ty as the trolley surge worsens
• Inside most overcrowde­d A&E room in the country
• Hospitals’ emergency department­s like ‘war zones’, says top doctor
• State pulls in highest ever amount of tax with a record €50bn
• Bandaged accused in court charged with pub raid thwarted by customers
• Millions of computers here at risk from chip design flaw
• Minister lands €13,000 salary hike for her new press adviser
• Forty schools to offer computer science as Leaving Cert subject
• Supporters of SocDems accused of social media ‘hate speech’
• Vulture fund has to halt repossessi­on cases after arrears miscalcula­tion
• More questions for Central Bank as new mortgage overchargi­ng scandal erupts
• No evidence of people ‘gaming the housing system’, says Murphy
• State must take the lead on housing instead of relying on private sector
• Mortgage debt ‘threatens to absorb everything young do in their lives’ – Martin
• Hutch family member stabbed in assault at city home
• Ryanair to meet union again as German pilots threaten strike
• Iran threatens death sentences for protesters as it rallies support
• Street’s first barmaid, actress Doreen Keogh, dies aged 91
• Kim uses ‘hotline’ to open talks with Seoul
• Bannon’s ‘lost his mind’ says Trump after ‘treason’ claim
• Be afraid, be very afraid: Trump’s bluster risks turning nuclear war into the acceptable face of combat
• Macron wife mocked for behaving like ‘Queen of France’
• We need to take a global view of economy – and appreciate it
• Just because we might not like what the housing experts tell us doesn’t mean they’re wrong
• Rising sea levels and extreme weather will be big part of future – unless we act now
• Over 40 and single? Then Ireland is not the country for you
• The machinatio­ns of a school bully played out on a global scale
• We ignore extreme weather at our peril
• I didn’t vote for TDs’ huge pay rise
• Central Bank’s response must be swift this time
• Time to unveil the 2018 hotlist
• Ones to watch: the stylish names to know
• Bairbre Power
• On the money for 2018
• Taste test
• The best of tonight’s television
• CRYPTIC CLUES
• Harrington reveals ‘no clinical reason’ for Sizing John’s struggles
• Kyrgios: Hip surgery is very scary
• Kearney sets pace for Irish quartet
• FOSTER ‘HEARTBROKE­N’ OVER NORTH EXCLUSION
• Johnson surges to earn draw for Offaly
• Kelly’s first-half strike proves crucial
• Murtagh keeps Rossies in command
• Lenihan and Brennan punish wasteful Carlow
• Gilroy sets sights on a historic double
• New regime off to a flyer as Dubs run riot against outgunned Royals
• ‘Some people doubted me, but I was never leaving’
• Ireland have learnt a lesson from slow start – O’Brien
• Mourinho’s second contract deal spells trouble for United
• Silva reveals absence down to premature birth of son
• Aguero: I will have final say on future
• 40 players out of contract in 2018
• Bellerin salvages late point in thriller
• Wilshere determined to ditch status as lost boy of English football
• Long backing for Pellegrino after goal drought ends
• Barkley’s Everton exit by back door a sad end for all
• Keane primed for stunning return to Wolves
• Discipline is not an issue in our Munster squad, insists Van Graan
• Emotional Wenger hits out at ‘farcical decision’
• The ‘Leinsterfi­cation’ of the provinces will soon extend beyond Ireland
• Deep mid-winter GAA madness unfair on players
• How Ireland won the right to host the world
• McBride eyes Eisenhower Trophy before turning pro
• CAOLAN’S MAJOR AMBITION
• Birthday boy Byrne turns on style at Portmarnoc­k
• A FITTING MEMORIAL TO ONE OF THE IRISH GAME’S UNSUNG HEROES
• When I retired I found myself becoming obsessive about golf

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