LAST UPDATE | 7 Oct 2025

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

Budget day

1. The budget will be unveiled today. Here’s what we know. 

Israel-Palestine 

2. Hamas and Israeli officials have wrapped up the first round of ceasefire talks in Egypt as Israel remembers 7 October 2023 attack. 

Helicopter crash

3. Three people were left in critical condition after a medical helicopter crashed onto a motorway in California. 

Register to vote

4. Today is the last chance for people to register to have their say in the presidential election.

Shooting 

5. A teenager was hospitalised after a shooting in Bluebell in Dublin last night.

RIP

6. The funeral of three members of the O’Connor family is to take place today in Dundalk, Co Louth, at 11am.

Supermoon

7. Did you spot last night’s rare supermoon? If not, don’t worry — you’ll have another chance to catch it this evening.

Fianna Fáil

8. For Micheál Martin, the next week is crucial, The Journal’s politics teams writes.

Cork assault 

9. A man is in hospital with serious injuries following an alleged assault in Cork last night.