LAST UPDATE | 5 Feb

GOOD MORNING.

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

Weather warnings

1. Met Éireann has issued Status Orange weather warnings for Dublin, Wicklow and Waterford today, while Status Yellow rain warnings are also in place for eleven other counties.

Potential AIB deal

2. Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was part of a conversation about a potential €3bn deal involving Allied Irish Bank (AIB) at the height of the Irish recession, according to emails released in the latest Epstein files documents drop.

Offaly

3. A teenage girl is in a critical condition after being struck by a car in Co Offaly.

Energy regulator

4. The regulator for utilities has been urged to “go back to the drawing board” on its policy on data centre expansion following a Supreme Court ruling today.

Data usage

5. There has been “massive growth” on both fixed and mobile networks in Ireland this decade, according to mobile operator Eir.

North Dublin

6. A primary school in north Dublin is in limbo over its provision of autism classes due to the Department of Education declining to provide funding for modular units to facilitate the intake of the children.

Peter Mandelson

7. Pressure is mounting on British prime minister Keir Starmer from Labour MPs, angry at his decision to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson to the role of British ambassador to Washington despite knowing about his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Washington Post

8. The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced major job cuts today, saying that “painful” restructuring was needed at the storied newspaper.

FactCheck

9. The latest release of documents from the Epstein files has come with numerous examples of fabricated reports that some prominent Irish people had relationships with the convicted sex offender.