Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he will vote in favour of a Sinn Féin proposal to remove the mandatory three-day wait period for abortion www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb4F...

A social media ban for under 16s in the UK will "open up the rest of the internet" beyond four websites currently being used, consultant psychiatrist Prof Matthew Sadlier - who lobbied the British government - tells Morning Ireland youtu.be/wO42LICUZ-U

A copy and pasted, widely-sent press release makes [Name] feel so special on a Monday morning... 😁

#BehindtheStory: With the FAI confirming the Ireland-Israel fixture is moving, @gcooney93.bsky.social joins to discuss what the next steps could be and if the row is finally over? @franmcnulty.bsky.social and Evelyn also talk the World Cup and UFC at the White House www.rte.ie/news/2026/06...

Almost 1 in 10 clamps placed on cars by Dublin City Council are illegally removed according to figures given to @feljin.ie He joined @paulnews.bsky.social & @franmcnulty.bsky.social on Behind the Story @news.rte.ie to discuss it. Can you guess which of them is a supermarket middle aisle devotee?

FAI statement in full on decision to move Ireland's UEFA Nations League fixture against Israel on October 4th to a "neutral venue and behind closed doors". Includes reaction from the Palestinian Football Association www.fai.ie/latest/fai-s...

New look for the RTÉ News app www.rte.ie/news/2026/06...

📽️ 'Relentless price increases' are pushing people into energy arrears, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has told the Dáil. He said findings from the CRU, that over 500,000 Irish households are now in arrears, were "deeply concerning" youtu.be/yfS4-FPFirk

#BehindTheStory: Prof @deirdreheenan.bsky.social explains why she believes the #Belfast unrest goes beyond Monday's attack and why it's time to move the conversation beyond the Troubles. Plus, @feljin.ie on the rise in illegally removed Dublin City Council car clamps www.rte.ie/news/2026/06...

📽️ The Dáil has heard calls that Ireland's upcoming football international against Israel should not be played 'anywhere in the world' - amid suggestions the FAI is open to the October game being moved from Dublin to Budapest youtu.be/cg-bBnXpJ-g

⚡️🚗 A new pilot scrappage scheme to make it easier for people to buy electric vehicles has been hailed as a 'really positive step' - but Clare O'Connor from Friends of the Earth tells Morning Ireland why she'd like to see it extended to second-hand cars youtu.be/L4txaFnjPUo

📽️ 'It's worsening and becoming more prevalent' - Young people want greater protections for entry-level jobs and around the use of Artificial Intelligence bots as therapists, Georgia-May Staunton from the National Youth Council of Ireland tells Morning Ireland youtu.be/hDU2aT90M18

Portugal and Austria are elected as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for two-year terms, beginning January 2027. Germany had also campaigned for one of those seats

There is an an 80% probability that El Niño weather conditions will emerge between June and August, increasing to 90% from September, the head of the @wmo-global.bsky.social has warned www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWsF...

Ireland sees highest increase in nights spent in tourist accommodation across the EU in first quarter of the year, up 35.3% compared with last year. Lithuania saw biggest decrease, followed by Romania and Luxembourg ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/...

📽️Competition & Consumer Protection Commission @ccpcireland.bsky.social communications director Gráinne Griffin says there's still a "really mixed picture" on school uniform costs, as the body reminds schools to avoid restrictive uniform policies www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsb9...

'If you talk to anybody in the Middle East, the first they say is "thank you to the Irish Government for leading on this"' - Taoiseach Micheál Martin defends the Occupied Territories Bill during heated Dáil debate youtu.be/u1qt-dtLZ7s

☀️Status Yellow warning issued for eight counties as temperatures forecast to hit up to 30°C in some areas. @news.rte.ie reports from: @marcodriscoll.bsky.social and @seanwhelanrte.bsky.social youtu.be/OH-Vlo9_8d8

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📽️Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty claims Government is presiding over "the highest rate of evictions since The Famine" during heated Dáil exchange youtu.be/kDFDg9lvkMc

📽 A 'Super' El Niño weather event could hit later this year. Theodore Keeping from Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social explains youtu.be/pUBGETmugsk?...

📽️Heated scenes between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald in the Dáil as ambulance crews take part in a 24-hour strike www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hop9...

"Here is the inside story of the controversy that almost broke Eurovision". One could argue, depending on who you ask, that it did actually break #Eurovision - with five countries boycotting and over 1,100 musicians and cultural workers calling for the same

"Just a few hundred people would have been enough to secure a popular vote victory" for Israel at last year's #Eurovision. @nytimes.com exclusive voting data shows that, despite assurances, an Israeli campaign could easily have influenced the 2025 contest www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/w...

✈️EU Aviation Safety Agency says stakeholders are reviewing use of Jet A fuel "from other regions" to address potential shortfall, as European Commission set to publish guidance on "flexibilities" under existing EU rules www.easa.europa.eu/en/newsroom-...

📽 "This is not the start of a COVID pandemic" - @who.int officials deliver an update on the #hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship youtu.be/zFpFWSbInmY?...

📽️ Government accused of "pure waste" with a new €127,000 bike shed at University Hospital Kerry youtu.be/D8U87Hk1L94

🌍📅Stars reflect on David Attenborough's impact ahead of his 100th birthday youtu.be/3VVY8iSrecg #DavidAttenborough

📽️ Men seized from #Gaza flotilla ‘beaten up and tortured’, wives say www.youtube.com/shorts/jMfJl...

👨‍🚀🛰️Ireland signs the Artemis Accords, becoming the latest nation to commit to "the responsible exploration of space for all humanity" www.nasa.gov/missions/art...

📽️"You're making it up as you go along" - Tánaiste Simon Harris defends fuel supports in heated Dáil exchange with Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty youtu.be/TFrBCF3T_qs

News leaders from more than 30 media outlets - including the AP, AFP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Reuters, RTVE and Sky News - repeat call on Israel to lift its ban on foreign journalists in #Gaza and Palestine foreignpressassociation.online/30-4-2026/

🗞️Ireland ranks 7th out of 180 countries on the Reporters Without Borders #RSFIndex2026 World Press Freedom Index. It notes: "The overall climate for press freedom in Ireland is positive" but concerns remain on the future funding of media, including RTÉ rsf.org/en/index

EU Commission to launch infringement procedure against Ireland over failure to correctly transpose the Single-Use Plastics Directive, including on making producers of single-use plastic items pay for awareness campaigns and public clean-up costs ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Katie Taylor says it's "Croke Park or nowhere" for her final fight. She says a recent meeting between her management team and Croke Park officials went "very, very well" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Hi...

"The war in #Ukraine isn't over and the help isn't ending" - Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy tells @mrjustinmac.bsky.social the Government is examining ways to help Ukrainians return home if they wish, or move into private accommodation www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfCp...

📽️Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon criticises Government's "failed" policies for creating a capital city that's "too expensive for the vast majority of Dubliners to ever live in" - citing homeless people being "warehoused" on Gardiner Street www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj4D...

📽️ "Renters are being thrown to the wolves" - Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns criticises the Government's new modular home proposals, pointing to up to 22 people sharing one house in Dublin as a "return to tenement conditions" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0xD...

▶️🎉Happy birthday to the @player.rte.ie which launched 17 years ago today! www.rte.ie/news/2009/04...

Apple has announced that Tim Cook will step down in September, handing the chief executive job to company veteran John Ternus.

Ireland 1926 v 2022 👱Population 1926: 2.97 million 2022: 5.15 million 🗺️Place of Birth 1926: 97% Irish‑born 2022: 80% Irish‑born 🧓Life Expectancy 1926: 57 years (men), 58 years (women) 2022: 81 years, 84 years 🏢People at Work 1926: 1,307,662 2022: 2,320,297

🏅 RTÉ is named 2026 News Broadcaster Of The Year by @rtsmedia.bsky.social Ireland

🔴Amid mounting pressure on Taoiseach Micheál Martin over the Government's handling of the fuel protests last week, watch Leaders' Questions LIVE from the Dáil www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4n...

'Star Trek' actress Kate Mulgrew @thekatemulgrew.bsky.social to lead new RTÉ thriller 'The Yank' www.rte.ie/entertainmen... (via @news.rte.ie)

RTÉ has commissioned a new six-part crime thriller, 'The Yank', with Kate Mulgrew & Colm Meaney. Filming has begun in Conamara. 'The Yank' was created specifically for Mulgrew after she and writer Eithne Verling had a chance meeting in Galway while the actor was on holiday

"You can see how you feel being trapped for a while" - Judge tells retired couple who captured their neighbour's cat and tied it in a bag, before leaving it at a lake www.rte.ie/news/regiona... (via @news.rte.ie)

🎥Tributes paid to 'First Lady of Celtic Music' Clannad singer Moya Brennan www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQx...

Defence Forces arrive at Whitegate oil refinery in Cork as gardaí deploy pepper spray and push back protesters | Follow updates

🎫A tale of two (non-existent) tickets: 🕘9am – Céline Dion general sale opens: 3-hour wait to join queue, which was billed as "more than an hour" 🕛12pm – Finally in just to join another “1 hour+” queue My time matters too, @ticketmaster.com. Disappointing from start to finish

📹Fuel price protester thanks the public and local businesses in Dublin city centre for ‘incredible’ support (via @news.rte.ie) www.youtube.com/shorts/mI8Pt...