This morning's Times splashes that ministers are considering the "widest possible reopening," but a read of the piece offers little new except the realisation that the headline is stating the bleeding obvious. Meanwhile, the HSE urgently needs extra staff to handle mandatory hotel quarantine.

This Indo exclusive on fears of excessive medication of children with mental health conditions could get legs. And this interesting Examiner piece on the Defence Forces Commission references both pay and ICTU-affiliation.

That title also has this Mick Clifford commentary on Irish fisheries, which doesn't cast the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency in a good light. 

You'll probably have seen these memos from personnel: Tony Holohan is back and Robert Watt got the job (though not the raise).

In aviation, Ryanair hints it may be March before it next flies from Cork, Stobart Air has been sold, and the 'recover Irish aviation' campaign has released this video.

Elsewhere, vaccine supply challenges persist, the Financial Services Union is looking for answers on KBC bank jobs, and a poll for BBC's spotlight programme finds most in Northern Ireland would stick with the UK in a border poll.

We also have this on agriculture department delays in issuing forestry licences, this on the biting prison officers' dispute, and this on today's Seanad by-election announcement.

He was known as the Artist Formerly Known As Prince when I saw him at the Point in 1995, and today marks half a decade since The Prince We Miss shook off his mortal coil. Purple Zen, anyone?

Bernard

PS: That really is fine Zen.