https://www.rte.ie/news/en-ieRTÉ 2024-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:11:54 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0718/1460523-donegal-fatal/Two people have died following a two-car collision in Co Donegal. The incident happened on the N56 at Kilmacrennan at 11.50pm last night.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:56:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2024/0718/1460523-donegal-fatal/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0718/1460480-baby-deaths-review/The HSE has confirmed a confidential review into baby and maternal deaths during childbirth covering the years 2021 to 2023 will start later this year.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0718/1460480-baby-deaths-review/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0718/1460451-aer-lingus/Members of the Irish Airline Pilots Association will begin voting today on whether to accept or reject Labour Court proposals aimed at resolving a long-running pay dispute with Aer Lingus.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0718/1460451-aer-lingus/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0718/1460528-von-der-leyen/Ursula von der Leyen has vowed to not weaken Europe's efforts to tackle climate change, if she wins a second five-year term as President of the European Commission, the EU's most powerful body.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0718/1460528-von-der-leyen/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0718/1460466-adam-schiff-joe-biden/US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 while on a campaign trip to Las Vegas and is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:30:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0718/1460466-adam-schiff-joe-biden/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0718/1460515-mice-age-drug/A new drug has increased the life of laboratory mice by up to 25%, according to a study. Researchers say the findings raise the "tantalising" prospect that the drugs could have a similar effect in elderly humans.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:18:55 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0718/1460515-mice-age-drug/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0718/1460496-taoiseach-europe-politics/The Taoiseach Simon Harris will attend the European Political Community Summit in Oxfordshire later today.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0718/1460496-taoiseach-europe-politics/Politicshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0718/1460530-rise-in-number-of-people-seeking-support-for-sextortion/The number of people seeking support for "sextortion" has increased significantly year-on-year, according to new figures released by the Crime Victims Helpline.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:17:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0718/1460530-rise-in-number-of-people-seeking-support-for-sextortion/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460479-israel-weaponizing-gaza-water-supply-causing-disease/Israel has been systematically weaponising the Gaza water supply, showing disregard for human life and international law, according to a new report by Oxfam.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460479-israel-weaponizing-gaza-water-supply-causing-disease/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2024/0718/1460527-open-championship-day-1-updates-mckibbin-on-course/Follow our live updates from the opening round of the 152nd Open Championship from Royal Troon.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:29:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/sport/golf/2024/0718/1460527-open-championship-day-1-updates-mckibbin-on-course/Golfhttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/0718/1460501-us-rnc-vance/Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, US Senator JD Vance, presented himself to the nation as the son of a forgotten industrial Ohio town who will fight for the working class if elected in November.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 05:25:18 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/0718/1460501-us-rnc-vance/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0718/1460512-france-nice-fire/An apartment building blaze killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice and police were investigating the fire as a possible arson, authorities said.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:54:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0718/1460512-france-nice-fire/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0718/1460499-von-der-leyen-analysis/Ursula von der Leyen is due to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg this morning, as she fights to hold on to her job. Having secured the European Council nomination, Dr von der Leyen is the only candidate and must win a majority, or 361 votes, to hold on to her seat.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0718/1460499-von-der-leyen-analysis/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460507-gaza-israel/Israeli forces bombed areas in central Gaza yesterday, killing at least nine Palestinians, according to health officials, while Israeli tanks carried out a limited advance further into Rafah in the south.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:42:43 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460507-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0718/1460503-russia-us/The trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich has resumed behind closed doors in a Russian court, as the 32-year-old faces espionage charges that his employer and the White House have labelled a sham.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:08:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0718/1460503-russia-us/Russiahttps://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0718/1460518-italy-opens-google-probe/Italy's antitrust agency has launched an investigation into online search giant Google and its parent company Alphabet over alleged unfair commercial practices, the regulator said today.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:20:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0718/1460518-italy-opens-google-probe/Businesshttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460390-mcdonald-threat/Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has described a threat on her life as "very shocking and very disturbing".Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:15:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460390-mcdonald-threat/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460358-uk-king-speech/The British government has committed to repealing and replacing the Northern Ireland Legacy Act.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:54:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460358-uk-king-speech/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/0717/1460422-baldoyle-fatal-rtc/A man in his 40s has died in Dublin after he was struck by a stolen car that failed to remain at the scene.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:25:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/0717/1460422-baldoyle-fatal-rtc/Dublinhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460456-raf-hemingway-birthday/An Irishman who is the last known surviving fighter pilot from the Battle of Britain has celebrated his 105th birthday at a ceremony in Dublin.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:55:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460456-raf-hemingway-birthday/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0717/1460408-andrew-scott-among-emmy-nominees/Irish actor Andrew Scott has been nominated for an Emmy award for his leading role in the acclaimed Netflix miniseries Ripley.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:39:14 +0100https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0717/1460408-andrew-scott-among-emmy-nominees/Televisionhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460379-defence-forces-bill/President Michael D Higgins has signed into law a bill that contained changes in relation to the Defence Forces following a referral to the Council of State.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:29:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460379-defence-forces-bill/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/0717/1460289-rust-trial/Alec Baldwin has informed a US prosecutor and sheriff that he may sue them after it emerged they withheld evidence from his defence team during their attempt to prosecute him over a fatal shooting on the Rust film set.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 06:24:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/0717/1460289-rust-trial/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0717/1460274-harris-starmer-visit/Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accepted his invitation to visit Dublin on 7 September.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0717/1460274-harris-starmer-visit/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460476-trump-documents/US prosecutors have formally appealed a federal judge's decision to throw out the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding on to classified documents following the end of his presidency.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:47:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460476-trump-documents/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460478-cultivated-meat/Shoppers in the UK will be able to buy lab-grown pet food after it became the first country in Europe to approve the sale of cultivated meat.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:06:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460478-cultivated-meat/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460439-lisdoonvarna-match-pub/A district court judge has cut back planned extended opening hours for pubs at this year's Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival in north Clare after garda concerns.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:06:54 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460439-lisdoonvarna-match-pub/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0717/1460477-dual-use-products-israel/Ireland exported €53 million worth of dual-use products to Israel between October and June, the Department of Enterprise has confirmed.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:54:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0717/1460477-dual-use-products-israel/Politicshttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460453-dundrum-house-protest/Locals in a village in Co Tipperary have criticised a pledge from Government to improve engagement with the community over accommodation for International Protection Applicants following seven weeks of protests.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:08:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460453-dundrum-house-protest/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460384-crystal-meth-cork/One of the two men charged in connection with the seizure of €33 million worth of crystal meth has been further charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:41:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460384-crystal-meth-cork/Courtshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460324-tents-dublin-attack/Tents sheltering 15 asylum seekers were attacked on City Quay in Dublin last night.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:52:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460324-tents-dublin-attack/Dublinhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460450-ni-parties-legacy/Northern Ireland parties welcomed a pledge by the new UK government to scrap a law granting conditional immunity to perpetrators of crimes during the Troubles.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:55:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460450-ni-parties-legacy/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460465-manager-breakdown/The general manager of an international company based in Ireland has told the High Court that he suffered an acute mental breakdown due to an unmanageable workload and work stress.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:13:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460465-manager-breakdown/Courtshttps://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0717/1460446-coolock-site-misinformation-prompts-response-from-bus-company/Misinformation has been circulated online falsely linking a well-known Dublin coach company to involvement in transporting asylum seekers to the site in Coolock which has seen violent disturbances in recent days.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:04:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0717/1460446-coolock-site-misinformation-prompts-response-from-bus-company/Prime Timehttps://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460421-garda-trial/A garda has gone on trial accused of sexually assaulting a woman three times after she called to a garda station to look for advice on how to recover her son's car which had been seized.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:40:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460421-garda-trial/Courtshttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460316-gaza-israel/Israel has continued its air strikes on Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ramp up the pressure on the militant group Hamas as hopes faded for a US-announced ceasefire plan.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:21:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460316-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460474-gaza-pier/The US military's troubled mission to deliver desperately needed aid to Gaza via a temporary pier has ended, according to a senior American officer.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:40:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460474-gaza-pier/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460394-coolock-protest/Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman has said that the site in Coolock where protests have been held in recent days will be used to house International Protection applicants.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:32:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460394-coolock-protest/Dublinhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460445-mh17-anniversary/The Netherlands has commemorated the 298 victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine ten years ago with a ceremony attended by the bereaved and representatives from Malaysia, Australia, Britain, Belgium and Ukraine.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:14:39 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460445-mh17-anniversary/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0717/1460430-rapper-drakes-toronto-mansion-flooded-after-storm/Canadian rapper Drake has shared a video which shows part of his Toronto home submerged in flood waters following an intense overnight storm.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:03:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0717/1460430-rapper-drakes-toronto-mansion-flooded-after-storm/Musichttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460347-varadkar-announcement-to-step-aside-not-a-surprise/Leo Varadkar said that his announcement that he is not going to contest the next general election was not a huge surprise.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:00:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460347-varadkar-announcement-to-step-aside-not-a-surprise/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460444-rape-trial/The jury in the trial of a sports coach accused of raping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl 35 years ago has begun its deliberations at the Central Criminal Court.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:59:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460444-rape-trial/Courtshttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460412-ukraine-prisoner-exchange/Russia and Ukraine have released a total of 190 captured soldiers in the latest prisoner exchange between the two countries.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:34:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460412-ukraine-prisoner-exchange/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460349-the-slew-of-fine-gael-tds-not-running-again/More than a third of the 33 Fine Gael TDs sitting in the Dáil will not contest the next election. They include a second termer barely in his 40s, stalwarts who served under Garret FitzGerald in the 1980s, and a certain former taoiseach.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:15:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0717/1460349-the-slew-of-fine-gael-tds-not-running-again/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460305-paris-mayor-seine/The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, swam in the murky waters of the Seine to demonstrate the river is now clean enough for outdoor Olympic swimming events.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:41:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0717/1460305-paris-mayor-seine/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/0717/1460287-us-rnc-trump/Donald Trump's former leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, have endorsed his candidacy at the party's convention, a display of unity three days after the former US president survived an assassination attempt.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:23:45 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2024/0717/1460287-us-rnc-trump/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460380-robert-hennessy/A Dublin-based detective garda who attacked and repeatedly punched a social care worker in the face on a night out in Dublin four-and-a-half years ago has avoided a criminal conviction.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:34:48 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0717/1460380-robert-hennessy/Courtshttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2024/0717/1460438-stockholm-burglaries/Police in Sweden are investigating if a series of burglaries in the capital Stockholm, where criminals melted locks using nitric acid, has connections to similar crimes in other European countries.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:45:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2024/0717/1460438-stockholm-burglaries/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460301-addiction-cocaine-gambling/There has been a significant rise in people presenting with addictions to cocaine or gambling, as well as cases of multiple addiction, according to a treatment centre in Dublin.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460301-addiction-cocaine-gambling/Healthhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460320-speed-limits/Reduced speed limits are being introduced on a "phased basis", with the intention that a 60 kilometre per hour limit on local roads would be in place by November, according to the Minister of State at the Department of Transport.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:44:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460320-speed-limits/Ireland