Irish Independent : Irish News

• ‘Michael O’Leary has a lot to answer for’ – outgoing Environment Minister Eamon Ryan in parting shot at Ryanair boss, as he talks Green Party regrets
• ‘Rathkeale is in mourning’ – gardaí appeal for information following death of young mother in Limerick hit-and-run
• ‘Holyhead closure is a challenge we’ve never faced before’: Alternative sailings to get people home for Christmas continue despite high winds
• ‘For this to be delivered Christmas week makes it more upsetting’ – pensioner fighting to keep his log cabin home is told appeal was unsuccessful
• ‘It’s almost like a flash mob’ – RTÉ’s Joe Duffy on annual Christmas Eve radio special broadcast from Grafton Street
• ‘Someone who had given €100 might only have €50 to spare now’ – SVP president says cost of living is hurting donations

Irish Times Feeds News Feed

• 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
• Dozens of extra gardaí assigned to Rathkeale after mother killed in hit-and-run incident
• 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