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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
1. In our main story this morning, our political reporter Jane Matthews looks at how TDs have reacted to the controversy surrounding Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, and how they differ when it comes to how the State, and they as individuals, should respond to it.
2. US President Donald Trump has threatened multiple European nations with tariffs of up to 25% until he can purchase Greenland.
3. The Syrian army has seized swathes of the country’s north, dislodging Kurdish forces from territory over which they held effective autonomy for more than a decade.
4. A man has died following a single-vehicle crash in Co Galway.
5. Paul O’Donoghue provides his analysis on why Penneys’ parent group is thinking of separating it, despite it making over £1bn in profit last year.
6. The Defence Minister has claimed she will need new legislation to recognise chaplains as members of the military, despite two of them winning awards for their service and bravery.
7. Nasa has rolled out its towering new rocket as preparations begin for its first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years.
8. Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a seventh person as part of an investigation into the murder of a man in Co Derry.
9. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has revealed his hopes and dreams for life after public office, and it might involve going back to college.
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