Full coverage: Covid19

When a PPE deal with a Dutch oil trader misfired, a Dublin clothing supplier found itself €250,000 out of pocket. A new High Court judgment charts the cross-border scramble to try and get the money back.

When it comes to Ireland’s built environment, the pandemic and associated economic shock may bring about a fundamental shift in how we use space. Our preferences may change for how and where we live and what we want to use our streets, shops and office blocks for.

Beyond the high-profile cases of queue jumping, what happens next in the vaccine plan and does Ireland have the IT systems required as supply ramps up? In a major investigation, we examine Ireland's vaccine rollout.

The Beacon Hospital's chief executive remains at the centre of the controversy surrounding the allocation of vaccines to his children's school. This is just the latest twist in the rollercoaster history linking Michael Cullen and the private healthcare provider.

As dozens of commercial tenants and landlords face off in the courts over missed rents during Covid-19 restrictions, one interim judgement has laid the ground rules on relevant evidence from multi-store retailers.

Before they knew their night-club would remain closed for over a year, Cathal and Paula Jackson extracted the mountains of cash it had accumulated in preparation for its sale. Then they decided to hold on to the business and are now steering it through a year-long closure.

The dual impact of the pandemic and Brexit has unleashed devastation across the domestic economy. One exception appears to be food manufacturing, where Irish brands could capitalise on changes in shopping habits into the future.

The irresponsible behaviour of a small number of international travellers has reseeded Ireland with Covid-19 after each lockdown, making stricter border controls unavoidable. But the new quarantine legislation now opens the renewal of the measure to rolling political decisions instead of scientific criteria.

The pubs that challenged FBD's stance on Covid-related business interruption cover were vindicated by the High Court. Now there is the tricky business of assessing losses, particularly around two big sticking points: partial pub closures and legal costs.

Having piloted CityJet through examinership, founder Pat Byrne believes the airline's model will benefit in a post-Covid recovery – but he is a scathing critic of the state's handling of Covid-19.