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Ivan Yates, Coimisiún na Meán invited to media committee

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542762-ivan-yates/

Published: November 7, 2025 13:41

The media watchdog Coimisiún na Meán, as well as broadcaster Ivan Yates and a number of political public relations specialists, have been invited to an Oireachtas committee to discuss transparency issues in the sector.

Woman guilty of harassing Madeleine McCann's parents

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025/1107/1542737-julia-wandelt-court/

Published: November 7, 2025 12:00

A woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann has been found guilty of harassing the missing girl's parents by turning up at their home and sending sinister letters and messages repeatedly begging for a DNA test.

BreastCheck set to miss screening target for third year

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542716-breast-cancer-screening/

Published: November 7, 2025 11:20

The Director of Clinical Affairs at the Irish Cancer Society has said it is "very disappointing" that the national screening programme for breast cancer looks set to miss its screening target for a third year in a row.

Trump, Orbán to discuss Russian oil, economic cooperation

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542713-trump-orban/

Published: November 7, 2025 10:47

US President Donald Trump will sit down for talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán later today, with the two leaders expected to discuss Hungary's reliance on Russian oil at a time when Mr Trump has been working to wean nations off of it.

'More needs to be done' on nitrates, says EU Commissioner

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1107/1542710-nitrates-ireland/

Published: November 7, 2025 10:36

Farmers in Ireland are "doing a lot", but "more needs to be done", the European Commissioner for the Environment has said, as Ireland's four-year derogation from the Nitrates Directive is due to expire at the end of the year.

Several ill after 'suspicious' package opened at US base

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542707-us-military-base/

Published: November 7, 2025 10:23

Multiple people have fallen ill and an investigation is under way after a suspicious package was delivered to a military base near Washington, US media reported.

Diplomats worry absent US could influence COP30 summit

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542680-cop30-summit/

Published: November 7, 2025 08:34

Governments heading to the UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil are bracing for the possibility that the Trump administration may seek to disrupt negotiations at the event, even without any US officials showing up.

UN, US to start negotiations on international Gaza force

https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/1107/1542671-gaza-un-us/

Published: November 7, 2025 08:06

The UN Security Council will start negotiations on a US-drafted resolution to endorse President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, said a senior US government official, and authorise a two-year mandate for a transitional governance body and international…

All-Star night special for teammates and opponents alike

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542631-all-stars-football-hurling/

Published: November 7, 2025 06:00

The All-Star awards are special. For one night only it's not about the winning. It's not about the All-Ireland title or the provincial title or the league. It's just about being there. That in itself is an achievement, writes Marty Morrissey.

Watch: Hopes of keeping 1.5C drain away ahead of COP30

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1107/1542607-global-warming-cop30/

Published: November 7, 2025 06:00

Ahead of COP30, the UN has said the world will fail to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Oysters returned to Dún Laoghaire harbour after 200 years

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/1107/1542623-oysters-dublin-bay/

Published: November 7, 2025 06:00

More than 18,000 oysters are being deployed in Dún Laoghaire harbour in Dublin, as part of an effort to try to reintroduce the shellfish to Dublin Bay over 200 years after they became extinct from the area.

FAA orders 4% cut to domestic flights amid govt shutdown

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/1107/1542652-us-flight-cuts/

Published: November 7, 2025 05:18

The US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to cut domestic flight operations by 4% at 40 high-traffic airports starting at 6am ET (11am Irish time), citing safety concerns about air traffic control during the government shutdown.

Sudan's RSF agrees to mediators' humanitarian truce

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/1107/1542645-sudan-rsf-truce/

Published: November 7, 2025 00:43

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, has announced that they have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators.

Fintech company Stripe to sponsor Irish Maths Trust

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1107/1542629-stripe-maths/

Published: November 7, 2025 00:00

Financial technology company Stripe has been announced as the new principal sponsor of the Irish Maths Trust (IMT), an organisation dedicated to promoting advanced maths in Irish secondary schools.

Two charged in relation to fire at Drogheda IPAS centre

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2025/1106/1542624-drogheda-fire-court/

Published: November 6, 2025 20:37

Two men who were arrested in connection with the investigation into a fire at a building housing International Protection applicants in Co Louth have been charged and are due to appear before court.

Overcrowding contributing to deaths in prison - Inspector

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1106/1542606-prison-report/

Published: November 6, 2025 17:57

The Inspector of Prisons has described conditions in Irish prisons as "inhuman and degrading" and says overcrowding has contributed to the increase in deaths in custody.

Dublin Zoo disputes welfare and harassment allegations

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1106/1542594-dublin-zoo/

Published: November 6, 2025 17:43

Dublin Zoo has said it "vehemently disputes" allegations of animal mistreatment, financial irregularities and sexual harassment against workers made by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy under Dáil privilege.

Boy's brain injury akin to those from a crash, court told

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1106/1542566-boy-injuries/

Published: November 6, 2025 14:44

An emergency medicine consultant who examined a four-year-old boy after he was brought to hospital unconscious has said she had very significant suspicions that his injuries were non-accidental.

Pelosi, first woman to serve as House speaker, to retire

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/1106/1542559-nancy-pelosi-retirement/

Published: November 6, 2025 14:28

Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful Speaker of the US House of Representatives, said today that she will not run for re-election to Congress in 2026, ending a four-decade career of a progressive Democratic icon often vilified by the…

Witness saw person 'kicking' John Mackey, UK court hears

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1106/1542557-john-mackey-trial/

Published: November 6, 2025 14:14

A witness in the trial of a man accused of murdering an Irish pensioner in London and robbing his groceries has told the Old Bailey that he saw a person "stomping" and "kicking" the elderly man as he lay on the ground.

Harris 'shouted down by bully' as SF criticises Budget

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1106/1542554-harris-bully/

Published: November 6, 2025 14:10

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said he was being "shouted down by a bully" during a heated Dáil exchange with Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty.

Man, woman on trial for murder of Michael Foley in Cork

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/1106/1542552-foley-trial/

Published: November 6, 2025 13:56

A man and a woman have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of a 61-year-old father-of-four at his home in Macroom, Co Cork, last year.

UK govt in sanctions against New IRA and NI man

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1106/1542509-uk-govt-sanctions/

Published: November 6, 2025 11:40

The UK government has announced the freezing of assets associated with the New IRA and a Northern Ireland man, saying it had reasonable grounds to suspect that he was involved in terrorist activity.

Israel declares Egypt border area a closed military zone

https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/1106/1542496-israel-egypt/

Published: November 6, 2025 10:57

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said he instructed the army to turn the area at the border with Egypt into a closed military zone to combat weapons smuggling via drones.

Louvre robbery a 'deafening wake-up call', says auditor

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1106/1542497-louvre-robbery-audit/

Published: November 6, 2025 10:56

Last month's spectacular Louvre robbery, in which thieves made off with some of France's crown jewels, is a "deafening wake-up call" for museum security, the head of France's highest audit institution has said.

Further bird flu outbreaks will be 'devastating' - farmer

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1106/1542468-avian-flu-reaction/

Published: November 6, 2025 09:30

A poultry farmer in east Cork has warned "it will be devastating" if there are more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza on commercial farms.

What is bird flu and how concerning is the spread?

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1106/1542455-bird-flu-explainer/

Published: November 6, 2025 08:04

The Department of Agriculture has imposed a mandatory housing order for poultry and captive birds, effective from 10 November, following the first outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the country since 2022.

Call for intense focus on biosecurity amid bird flu cases

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1106/1542437-bird-flu/

Published: November 6, 2025 06:01

The Irish Farmers' Association has called on poultry flock owners across the country to adopt a "laser-like focus on biosecurity" after confirmation yesterday of a case of avian influenza, or bird flu, on a second commercial turkey farm.

US and China were once united on climate, no longer

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/1106/1542408-us-china-climate-cop/

Published: November 6, 2025 06:00

A little more than ten years ago, the US and China's joint commitment to combat climate change paved the way for the Paris Agreement. Now the US has turned its back on climate policy while China forges ahead with renewables. Will the world have to choose…

10% of flights cut at 40 US airports over govt shutdown

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/1106/1542445-us-flights-cut/

Published: November 6, 2025 04:36

US officials have said the scheduled capacity for flights was being cut by 10% from tomorrow in 40 busy air traffic areas of the country, with an ongoing government shutdown causing major staffing issues.

Taoiseach to address COP30 leaders summit in Brazil

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1106/1542420-taoiseach-cop30-summit/

Published: November 6, 2025 00:01

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will begin a two-day official visit to Belém in Brazil today to participate in the COP30 leaders summit which will set the tone for climate negotiations over the coming two weeks.

10% of flights cut at 40 US airports over govt shutdown

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/1105/1542436-us-shutdown/

Published: November 5, 2025 23:47

The US Transportation Secretary has said that he would order 10% of flights at 40 major US airports to be cut starting on Friday, unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached.

Campaigners highlight scale of housing crisis across EU

https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/1105/1542416-eu-housing/

Published: November 5, 2025 20:56

A European Parliament hearing on the housing crisis has heard testimony about the scale of homelessness and the lack of affordable homes across the European Union.

US Supreme Court questions legality of Trump's tariffs

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/1105/1542400-us-supreme-court-tariffs/

Published: November 5, 2025 18:53

US Supreme Court justices has raised doubts over the legality of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs in a case with implications for the global economy that marks a major test of Mr Trump's powers.

Two avoid jail after man, 90, conned out of almost €25k

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1105/1542388-romance-fraud/

Published: November 5, 2025 17:48

Two people have been sentenced for their roles in conning a 90-year-old man was out of almost €25,000 in an online romance fraud.

Murder accused had previously assaulted boy, court hears

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/1105/1542375-woman-court-trial/

Published: November 5, 2025 16:55

A woman accused of the murder of a four-year-old boy, had assaulted him previously, and her behaviour towards him escalated in the weeks before his death, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Putin mulls resuming nuclear tests after Trump comments

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1105/1542357-trump-putin-nuclear-tests/

Published: November 5, 2025 15:42

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did so, convening a security council meeting after US President Donald Trump's comments on testing.

PSNI offers to assist Mauritian police in McAreavey case

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1105/1542351-michaela-mcareavey/

Published: November 5, 2025 15:20

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has offered to assist the Mauritian authorities in their investigations into the death of Michaela McAreavey nearly 15 years ago.

Witness tells Mackey trial man shouted 'give me the bag'

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025/1105/1542318-john-mackey-trial/

Published: November 5, 2025 13:12

A witness in the trial of a man accused of murdering an elderly Irish pensioner in London and stealing his groceries has said she heard a man shouting "give me the bag".

Apology for family over woman's misreported smear tests

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1105/1542301-maria-fitzpatrick-apology/

Published: November 5, 2025 12:25

Portiuncula University Hospital has apologised to the family of a woman who died from cervical cancer and acknowledged that there was a missed opportunity to diagnose her illness earlier, which ultimately led to her death.

ISME urges Fastway receivers to return or deliver goods

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1105/1542304-isme-on-fastway-receivership/

Published: November 5, 2025 12:18

ISME, which represents small and medium businesses, has called on the receivers appointed to the parent company of Fastway Couriers to take immediate steps to ensure that goods currently in transit are either delivered to buyers or returned to vendors…

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