Irish Independent : Irish News

• Repeat uninsured driver banned from driving for 18 years has reformed himself, court hears
• Homelessness is the modern version of ‘no room at the inn’, warns archbishop
• Bus driver who punched her ex-partner in the face had ‘hormonal issues’, court hears
• Man ‘produced iron rod’ during assault, court told
• Country Christmas the way it used to be: ‘In the final few days I had to bombard the heavens with Hail Marys’
• From button batteries to poinsettias – the poisoning hazards to watch out for at Christmas

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• Dozens of extra gardaí assigned to Rathkeale after mother killed in hit-and-run incident
• Bethlehem now ‘a Palestinian village subjected to intense intimidation, social starvation’, say church leaders
• Independents as the third part of new government ‘not inevitable’, says Social Democrats acting leader
• Media regulator seeks consultant to review adequacy of public funding for RTÉ and TG4
• Taxpayers are subsidising private schools by more than €140m a year
• ‘It can be a difficult time of year’: Community workers deliver festive food to the elderly