The 9 at 9: Thursday

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.

Belfast

1. Twelve police officers were injured and 16 arrests were made in the second night of unrest in Northern Ireland following the Belfast knife attack.

Belfast disorder

2. The man who used a hurl to intervene in a knife attack in north Belfast has said it “makes no sense” to attack people who “contribute” to society in Northern Ireland.

Middle East

3. US forces have carried out “additional self-defence strikes” against multiple targets in Iran at the direction of president Donald Trump, in response to what it described as “unwarranted and continued aggression”.

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World Cup

4. The World Cup starts today and on the eve of the tournament getting underway, Fifa president Gianna Infantino suggested Fifa could earn $30 billion (€26 billion) from TV deals.

Ukraine

5. Hundreds of Ukrainians living in the Trabolgan Holiday Centre in Midleton, Co Cork, have been told that they will have to leave due to the government’s “wind-down” of contracted commercial accommodation.

Simon Harris

6. Tánaiste Simon Harris told The Journal’s The Candidate podcast that he experienced a continuous sustained pattern of abuse online last year which made him consider his future in politics.

Interest rates

7. The European Central Bank is set to hike interest rates today for the first time since 2023 as the Iran war fuels inflation, despite concerns the move could hit growth in the struggling eurozone.

EU Enlargement

8. The official responsible for overseeing countries seeking to join the European Union will visit Ireland today as the government prepares to take on a leading role in one of the bloc’s most ambitious enlargement drives in decades.

Nations League

9. The Dáil rejected proposals from Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats to stop the upcoming Ireland-Israel Nations League fixtures.

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