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The Irish Times - News

21 January 2021

• State abandoned in 1947 proposed investigation into almost 700 Bessborough deaths
  Decision came after the Co Cork mother and baby home was temporarily closed
• New legislation aims to prevent delays during criminal trials due to legal disputes
  McEntee says pre-trial hearings would improve process in sexual offence cases
• Covid-19: Taoiseach vows ‘very significant ramping up’ of vaccinations
  Simon Coveney says majority of restrictions to remain in place ‘well into February’
• Euler: a mathematician without equal and an overall nice guy
  The vast body of mathematics owes more to Euler than to any other single person
• ‘Outside home, school is all he has’: Mother urges help as special schools remain shut
  Mother urges Government to help families in ‘total crisis’ due to schools not reopening
• Medical cannabis programme to begin this year after funding received
  Use of products licensed under scheme can apply where conventional treatments fail
• Victims’ families call for process on dealing with North’s past to be implemented
  3,500 relatives have signed an open letter to Taoiseach and UK prime minister
• Talks with unions to examine possibility of reopening schools from February 1st
  Option of allowing school open on voluntary basis for special needs students being explored