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LAST UPDATE | 5 Mar 2025
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.
1. Donald Trump declared that “America is back” last night in his first address to Congress since returning to power, touting his radical policies in the face of raucous Democratic hostility.
2. Later today, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and a delegation of Irish ministers will travel to the United Kingdom for a new summit between the two countries.
3. An 18-year-old man has died following a collision in Dungannon, Co Tyrone last night.
4. The Government is unlikely to introduce a long-promised register of short-term letting properties until summer 2026.
5. A rare tropical cyclone has veered towards Australia’s densely populated eastern coast this morning, sparking emergency warnings and evacuations.
6. Oakwood theme park, the largest theme park in Wales which is popular with Irish tourists, has closed with immediate effect.
7. The Government is set to counter a motion tabled by Independent Ireland requesting that a public-spending oversight body be established to audit and identify areas of waste.
8. A two-year extension has been announced to a tax scheme allowing social protection recipients to rent out a room in their home to private tenants.
9. An 11-year-old boy remains in hospital after he was stabbed by a fellow pupil at a primary school in north Dublin
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