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GOOD MORNING. HERE’S everything you need to know as the day gets started.

Iran responds 

1. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi today said his country would keep fighting as long as necessary, after US President Donald Trump insisted that the war would end “soon.”

Irish Courts

2. The Journal Investigates can reveal that 23 security and safety issues were logged internally by the Courts Service last year, with some leading to arrests.

Retrofitting costs

3. Ireland is not doing anything like as many home energy efficiency retrofits as the government has promised – and one big reason for that is likely to be the eye-watering cost.

IPAS Deaths

4. 23 people living in or who may have recently left IPAS accommodation died last year – the highest ever annual figure and up from 15 in 2024.

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Taoiseach in Spain

5. The Taoiseach is meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez – a vocal critic of the US and Israel’s attack on Iran.

CAO applications

6. College courses concerning health and business remain the most sought after in this year’s CAO applications – but veterinary courses are on a notable rise.

UK social media ban

7. MPs in the UK have voted against introducing a ban on social media use for children under the age of 16, rejecting a proposal that had been backed earlier this year by the House of Lords.

Creeslough

8. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and TDs Pearse Doherty and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn met with families of those who died and were injured in the Creeslough tragedy in 2022 yesterday. McDonald backed their calls for a public inquiry.

Protest called off

9. A protest planned for today by the Irish Road Haulage Association has been called off after the association’s president Ger Hyland spoke to Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien yesterday evening.

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