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Last week
7th September 2025 - 13th September 2025
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Charlie Kirk assassin at large, drinks industry cuts and a new Westlife stamp.
11 Sep
3.7k
maga
Who was Charlie Kirk, the commentator and Trump ally shot dead in Utah?
Updated 11 Sep
44.7k
Supreme Court
Ex-Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting coup after election defeat
Updated 11 Sep
6.3k
raise a glass
Irish drinks firms may axe ‘hundreds of thousands’ worth of investment in US over tariffs
Updated 11 Sep
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Utah
US commentator Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at college event, Trump confirms
Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University as part of his work for his conservative student group Turning Point USA.
Updated 10 Sep
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11 Sep
Sana'a
Houthis say death toll from Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital has risen to 35
Multiple sites in Sana’a were targeted, including a fuel storage facility.
Updated 10 Sep
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here we go
Trump calls out Russia for 'violating' Poland's airspace with drones
10 Sep
11.4k
The White House
It was 'recklessness' to let Joe Biden run for second term as president, says Kamala Harris
10 Sep
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Analysis
Drone warfare: How NATO allies engaged Russian threats over Poland for the first time
10 Sep
10.6k
War in Ukraine
Poland says Russian drones entering its airspace 'not accidental' as Moscow dismisses 'myths'
The government said the military recorded 19 drone incursions, three of which were shot down by Polish and NATO forces.
Moscow has accused Poland of spreading "myths" to escalate the Ukraine war.
Ursula von der Leyen described it as an "unprecedented violation" of European airspace.
Updated 10 Sep
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Drone warfare: How NATO allies engaged Russian threats over Poland for the first time
10 Sep
Moves for stronger sanctions on Russia as 'savage' attack on Ukraine kills 24 people
9 Sep
Reaction
From promising to 'pathetic': What Irish MEPs made of Von der Leyen's more strident stance on Gaza
Mairead Maguire
Reports from Strasbourg
10 Sep
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tunisia
Second Gaza aid flotilla boat with Irish activists aboard comes under suspected drone attack
Updated 10 Sep
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Nottinghamshire
Former Premier League referee David Coote charged with making indecent image of a child
10 Sep
14.1k
peter mandelson
UK ambassador to US says 2003 birthday message to 'best pal' Jeffrey Epstein is 'very embarrassing'
10 Sep
17.6k
The Rest is Politics
Alastair Campbell says Israel's Doha strike like UK 'wiping out' Adams and McGuinness before GFA
10 Sep
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State of the Union
Von der Leyen warns Israel famine cannot be 'weapon of war' in major EU speech
The President of the European Commission stopped short of calling Israel’s assaults on Gaza genocide in what has been her strongest statements so far on the issue.
Mairead Maguire
Reports from Strasbourg
Updated 10 Sep
15.3k
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Russia violates Polish airspace, no rise in pension and welfare expected in budget and child obesity on the rise.
Updated 10 Sep
3.7k
Georgia
South Korea sends chartered plane to fetch workers who were detained in immigration raid in US
10 Sep
10.3k
Hamas
Trump says Israel did not notify US of strike in Qatar and he's 'not thrilled' with Netanyahu
10 Sep
9.9k
processed foods
One in five children in Ireland is overweight or obese, double the worldwide rate
10 Sep
8.6k
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Qatar
Hamas says six killed in Israeli strikes on Doha as Trump says US did not approve action
The US President said the strike "was a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me".
Qatar's prime minister said it reserved the right to respond to the Israeli attack.
The UN Secretary General described the strike as a "flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar".
Updated 9 Sep
51.8k
judgement day
US Supreme Court to decide fate of Trump's tariffs in November
9 Sep
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Marion McKeone: All the experts say Trump's tariffs are unlawful. Will the Supreme Court agree?
7 Sep
Trump threatens EU with more tariffs unless it reverses court decision against Google
5 Sep
US court rules most of Trump's tariffs illegal
30 Aug
Done deal: US agrees to 15% cap on tariffs for pharma imports from the EU
21 Aug
tunisia
Two Irish activists were on board Gaza flotilla boat attacked off Tunisian coast, organiser says
Updated 9 Sep
29.3k
European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen prepares for State of the Union speech, as MEPs say she's 'losing the room'
Pressure is mounting and divisions deepening over Gaza, tariffs and trade as the President of the European Commission makes her set-piece address.
Mairead Maguire
Reports from Strasbourg
9 Sep
7.2k
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Plus ça change
Macron names Sébastien Lecornu as France's fourth prime minister in a year
9 Sep
5.9k
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RELATED
French government collapses as parliament ousts second PM in nine months
8 Sep
New French government announced... for the fourth time this year
23 Dec 2024
Centrist Francois Bayrou named as new French prime minister
13 Dec 2024
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
9 Sep
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Ukraine
Moves for stronger sanctions on Russia as 'savage' attack on Ukraine kills 24 people
Updated 9 Sep
5.4k
East Jerusalem
Armed wing of Hamas claims responsibility for deadly shooting attack in Jerusalem
9 Sep
4.6k
the letter
What we know about Donald Trump’s alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein
9 Sep
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Fianna Fáil vote on Áras candidate, warnings over Budget spending and Trump letter to Epstein released
Updated 9 Sep
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North Island
New Zealand police release images of fugitive’s lair where he hid for years with his children
9 Sep
34.4k
Epstein files
Democrats release suggestive birthday letter allegedly sent by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein
Updated 9 Sep
33.5k
the eldest boy
Murdoch family settle real-life 'Succession' row, with eldest son to keep control of media empire
8 Sep
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Palestine
'You have been warned, leave now,' Netanyahu tells Gaza city residents as attacks intensify
Updated 8 Sep
7.6k
Francois Bayrou
French government collapses as parliament ousts second PM in nine months
Updated 8 Sep
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New French government announced... for the fourth time this year
23 Dec 2024
Centrist Francois Bayrou named as new French prime minister
13 Dec 2024
French government collapses as parliament votes to oust prime minister Michel Barnier
4 Dec 2024
Florida
Trial opens for man accused of plot to shoot Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last year
8 Sep
6.6k
Israel
Six killed and over a dozen injured in east Jerusalem shooting
Updated 8 Sep
15.8k
Haiti
'The nights were long and terrifying': Irish aid worker Gena Heraty on her abduction in Haiti
8 Sep
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Nepal
Police in Nepal kill 17 after opening fire on protestors against government ban on social media
8 Sep
5.5k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Councils begin taking Áras bids, fatal crash on Conor Pass and Australian mushroom killer sentenced
Updated 8 Sep
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