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LAST UPDATE | 11 Apr 2025
EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.
1. #TRADE WAR: The Tánaiste is looking to “de-escalate” as the EU moots taxing US Big Tech in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.
2. #DRIVER SENTENCED: A young driver who knocked down and killed a nine-year-old boy in Co Donegal after reaching speeds of up to 111km/h has been jailed for five years and banned from driving for 20 years.
3. #HUDSON RIVER CRASH: A family of five Spanish tourists – including a Siemens executive – and a pilot were killed when a helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River.
4. #FORMERLY TWITTER: AI tool ‘Grok’ is being investigated by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission for its processing of private data to train the X chatbot, the watchdog announced today.
5. #HOT WEATHER: The weather has been greeted as a welcome relief for many, but Uisce Éireann has now had to urge Dublin residents to conserve water during the current warm spell.
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