Irish Independent : Irish News

• Former Sinn Féin staff member charged with membership of organised crime group
• Fears for Christmas present disaster grows as thousands of parcels rerouted across Britain after Holyhead shut in wake of storm
• Man questioned over stabbing murder of pensioner in Dublin was known to victim
• The Harris drop – takings for ‘Simon’s Superdraw’ fundraiser for Fine Gael are down by €300,000
• Hospital waiting lists near 700,000 as rising flu rates and post-Christmas patient increase risk further delays
• ‘Unlikely’ Labour will enter government, but leader Ivana Bacik says party will give it ‘every shot’

Irish Times Feeds News Feed

• Christmas and the decline of Irish butchers: ‘We’d love to get these customers the other 51 weeks of the year’
• Kyran Durnin case: Man with history of violence now suspect in murder investigation
• Our last flood was so severe that within minutes water was pouring into the electrical sockets a few feet up the wall
• ‘Bashar al Assad is the refugee now, that’s the irony. He is the last Syrian refugee’: Syrians in Ireland ponder potential return home
• What is this strange growth outside Cork University Hospital?
• Holyhead Port closure: Christmas parcels destined for Ireland stuck in Britain due to storm damage