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Hit-and-run victim may have had interaction with group

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0908/1590750-bryan-lowe-clare/

Published: September 8, 2026 12:20

Gardaí are understood to be investigating whether a 17-year-old boy who died in a hit-and-run incident in Co Clare may have had some interaction with a group of others in the time immediately preceding his death.

Galway, Dublin coasts highly exposed, new map shows

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0908/1590738-coastal-hazards-map/

Published: September 8, 2026 11:29

Communities living in coastal areas of Galway and Dublin were identified as some of those most exposed to climate-related hazards, a new map developed by researchers at University College Cork has shown.

Netanyahu denies he was warned about 7 October attacks

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0908/1590725-israel-netanyahu/

Published: September 8, 2026 09:53

Israeli opposition leaders have called Prime Minister Mr Netanyahu unfit to serve after a report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.

Iceland summons US ambassador in response to Trump map

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0908/1590724-iceland-trump-map/

Published: September 8, 2026 09:51

Iceland has summoned the US ambassador after US President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RÚV said.

Thieves steal works worth €9m from France Renoir museum

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0908/1590702-renoir-theft/

Published: September 8, 2026 07:45

Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France, stealing "four works of art", one of which they dropped as they fled, a mayor said.

Irish 15-year-olds rank first for reading in EU - study

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0908/1590667-pisa-study/

Published: September 8, 2026 07:30

Ireland's 15-year-olds have ranked first for reading, third for science and fourth for mathematics out of the 27 EU countries, in a major international educational study.

Nepalese rescuers now focusing on hydropower tunnels

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0908/1590686-nepal-rescue/

Published: September 8, 2026 06:25

Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, two weeks after a devastating flood killed hundreds and left thousands missing in the Himalayan country and in neighbouring China's…

Flight data recorders recovered from US cargo plane crash

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2026/0908/1590679-cargo-plane-crash-us/

Published: September 8, 2026 03:44

Officials have recovered the flight data recorders from an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway in Miami and hit two vehicles, killing five people, authorities have said.

Iran says it fired advanced missile at US warships

https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0908/1590678-middle-east-iran/

Published: September 8, 2026 03:27

Iran has threatened the United States with "economic warfare" and said it had fired an advanced missile at US warships, underscoring the risks of further escalation in the war only days after both sides traded blows again.

Rise in child poverty despite growth in average incomes

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0908/1590672-child-poverty/

Published: September 7, 2026 23:01

One in 10 Irish children are deprived of basic necessities as Ireland sees a sharp rise in child poverty despite a strong growth in average incomes, research suggests.

Panama Canal may further reduce crossings due to El Niño

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590676-panama-canal/

Published: September 7, 2026 22:35

The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Niño weather pattern, the new administrator of the waterway has said.

Budget proposals may swing to fairway or bunker for Govt

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590668-fianna-fail-budget/

Published: September 7, 2026 19:45

The problem facing Fianna Fáil and the Government overall is whether a public weary of rising energy and grocery bills will ultimately find what's offered in the Budget underwhelming and not be thankful for it, writes Barry Lenihan.

Public sector craft workers to take industrial action

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590659-craft-workers-acton/

Published: September 7, 2026 18:04

Craft workers in the public sector, who provide services in areas such as electrical and plumbing, are to take industrial action later this month in a dispute over pay.

Family 'failed' over man's death hours after discharge

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590649-inquest-michael-hanley/

Published: September 7, 2026 17:24

A jury has recommended an urgent review of legislation regarding the retention of adult mental health patients following the death of a man hours after he was discharged from a HSE mental health unit.

AGSI rejects new Garda travel and subsistence scheme

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590646-agsi-scheme/

Published: September 7, 2026 16:47

Members of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) have voted overwhelmingly to reject a new Garda travel and subsistence scheme.

What is the AfD? Germany's far-right party, explained

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0907/1590625-germany-afd-explainer/

Published: September 7, 2026 15:18

In the weeks ahead of the German election, the far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) consistently polled around 20%. For the first time, the AfD poses a challenge to mainstream parties' longstanding strategy of isolating the far right.

AI fraud scams Co Down victim out of £250,000

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590626-co-down-scam/

Published: September 7, 2026 15:08

A person in Northern Ireland was scammed out of £250,000 (approximately €291,000) by what police have described as a "sophisticated" AI-generated investment fraud.

Thousands attend Bosnian Serb war criminal's funeral

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0907/1590610-belgrade-funeral-mladic/

Published: September 7, 2026 14:20

Thousands gathered in Belgrade today for the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic, sparking condemnation from Brussels for the glorification of a man convicted of genocide during the 1990s war in Bosnia.

No decision on proposed discounted data centre gas tariff

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0907/1590611-data-centres-gas-usage/

Published: September 7, 2026 13:55

The energy regulator has said it has not yet made a decision on a proposal that would see data centres being offered discounted gas tariffs in return for accepting possible disruptions to their supply at times of high demand.

Damaged clamps in city over three years cost up to €800k

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0907/1590606-dublin-clamps/

Published: September 7, 2026 13:33

The cost of replacing clamps that are damaged or illegally removed from vehicles on Dublin streets could potentially be almost €800,000 over a three-year period, according to Dublin City Council.

Collector coins to be launched honouring U2, Maeve Binchy

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0907/1590598-u2-binchy-coins/

Published: September 7, 2026 13:00

The Central Bank has announced that two new coins honouring U2 and the late author Maeve Binchy will be launched this autumn as part of their commemorative coins programme.

Iran vows response to US strikes, warns over energy sites

https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0907/1590537-iran-us-war/

Published: September 7, 2026 12:42

Iran has threatened to retaliate against any new US attacks on its assets, warning that the energy production chain in the region was "sprawling, accessible and exposed".

Iarnród Éireann board to be updated on Indra contract

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0907/1590568-iarnrod-eireann-it-contract/

Published: September 7, 2026 11:26

The board of Iarnród Éireann will be updated on the status of the contract it has with Spanish group Indra which was hired to provide a rail traffic management system which was subsequently abandoned at a cost of €50m.

Language test to be part of new Irish citizenship rules

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590570-citizenship-changes/

Published: September 7, 2026 10:23

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said new rules for people seeking Irish citizenship - which will involve the undertaking of a language test - will help bring Ireland in line with other European countries.

UK govt condemns 'thuggish' Portsmouth migration protest

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0907/1590562-portsmouth-asylum-seekers/

Published: September 7, 2026 09:48

Britain's government has condemned as "thuggish" hundreds of demonstrators who blocked roads vowing to prevent asylum seekers leaving the southern English city of Portsmouth after they arrived by small boat.

Nepal marks national mourning day after deadly flood

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0907/1590543-nepal-mourning/

Published: September 7, 2026 07:45

Grief-stricken Nepalis entered the traditional Hindu last day of mourning for the hundreds who died in the catastrophic flood along the country's border with China even as the government kept search operations going after four miracle rescues in recent…

Fuel excise cuts should remain permanently, Tóibín says

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0907/1590540-aontu-party/

Published: September 7, 2026 07:22

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has said the Government needs to stop wasting taxpayers money and called for temporary cuts to fuel prices to be made permanent.

Merz under pressure from far-right election triumph

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0907/1590525-germany-afd-election/

Published: September 7, 2026 06:09

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will huddle with his CDU party to discuss and digest their thumping defeat at the hands of the far-right AfD party in a state election in the ex-communist east.

Descendants call for recognition of Laois 1916 volunteers

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590509-1916-laois-descendants/

Published: September 7, 2026 05:49

On Easter Sunday 1916, a group of Laois volunteers demobilised a section of railway line under direct orders from Pádraig Pearse. 110 years later, their descendants have called for them to be awarded medals posthumously.

Presidential talks wedged within Trump's golf appearance

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590493-trump-connolly/

Published: September 7, 2026 05:00

Unlike US presidents who came before him, Donald Trump's visit to Ireland this week is about the fairways rather than searching for roots.

Changes needed to British Govt's new legacy laws - report

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0907/1590506-britain-legacy-laws/

Published: September 6, 2026 23:00

The British government's proposed new legacy laws give it "maximum control" over public disclosure of sensitive information and that should be changed, according to a new report.

Gardaí looking for car occupants after Clare hit-and-run

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0906/1590488-clare-hit-and-run/

Published: September 6, 2026 13:31

Gardaí are searching for the drivers or occupants of a car they believe was involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident in Clonlara, Co Clare on Friday.

US envoys arrive in Kyiv after talks with Putin in Moscow

https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0906/1590482-ukraine-kushner-witkoff/

Published: September 6, 2026 11:27

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv as the Trump administration renewed its push to end Russia's four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine.

Germany's far-right AfD seeking victory in state election

https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0906/1590479-germany-vote/

Published: September 6, 2026 10:24

Voting in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt is under way in a closely watched election that could see the Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II.

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