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LAST UPDATE | 9 Sep
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start the day.
1. Fianna Fáil TDs, MEPs and Senators will cast their votes this morning in a secret ballot to decide whether MEP Billy Kelleher or outside choice Jim Gavin will be their presidential election candidate
2. US Democrats have released a sexually suggestive letter that US President Donald Trump allegedly sent to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday
3. Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists claimed that one of their boats was hit by a suspected UAV off the coast of Tunisia last night
4. Lonelieness is emerging as a major but often overlooked health risk for Ireland’s older population, according to new findings from a Trinity College study
5. The level of child deprivation is on par with the “darkest days” of the economic crash, with one in five children currently living below the poverty line
6. Budget 2026 is being planned “without a clear roadmap for fiscal policy”, the State’s economic watchdog has warned
7. Rupert Murdoch’s children have reached a settlement in the legal dispute over who will control the right-wing media mogul’s companies
8. Gardaí are investigating after an off-duty garda was injured in an assault in Dublin yesterday evening
9. An Irish EuroDreams player has scooped the game’s top prize of €20,000 every month for the next 30 years, the National Lottery has confirmed
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