Today’s headlines: Diesel hits €2 mark; More than 890,000 people have yet to get their first booster shot as another Covid-19 surge looms

Here are the morning’s top headlines from Independent.ie

After the price increase at the pumps, diesel climbs to the 2 euro mark per liter

Diesel is on the verge of hitting €2 a liter in the coming days after a surge in gas station prices.

Doctors are investigating viral links to new hepatitis cases as 12 children have now died worldwide

At least 12 children, including one in Ireland, have now died worldwide from a mysterious severe form of hepatitis that has baffled doctors.

Release of 44 emails about Tony Holohan Trinity job “not in the public interest,” official says

The release of a spate of emails surrounding Tony Holohan’s move to Trinity College – showing it took more than a month for Health Secretary Stephen Donnelly to be copied – has been denied for being “not in the public interest”.

Hotels, rental cars, staff shortages – the “triple threat” blocking the full return of tourism

A confidential report detailed a triple threat to the recovery of Ireland’s tourism and hospitality industry.

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More than 890,000 people have yet to get their first booster shot as new variants threaten a new Covid surge

More than 890,000 people here have still not taken their first Covid-19 booster shot as disease experts warn another potential virus surge is imminent.

Johnson visits North as DUP stalls return of assembly vetoes new speaker

Boris Johnson is due to visit Northern Ireland on Monday amid a political crisis with the DUP blocking the election of a speaker at Stormont.

RTÉ takes on the Pantos with the launch of Toy Show The Musical

RTÉ is launching a Christmas musical themed around traditional pantos, based on a little girl’s Late Late Toy Show adventure, which will begin this December.

Man aged in his 20s shot dead in North Dublin

Gardai visited the scene of the incident in Finglas.

The tensions could lead to the EU shelving its ban on Russian oil

Brussels may shelve its plans for an embargo on Russian oil imports as tensions mount over the bloc’s attempts to introduce a sixth package of economic sanctions against Moscow.