LAST UPDATE | 3 Mar

GOOD MORNING.

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

Middle East conflict

1. US President Donald Trump warned that his attack on Iran could run longer than a month, as Tehran retaliated to ongoing strikes by targeting US allies in the Gulf and drones hit the US embassy in Saudi Arabia this morning.

Irish in UAE

2. Irish people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have described their experience of the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran as surreal, as cities across the UAE continue to try to fend off hundreds of missiles and drones.

US strikes

3. The US attacked Iran only after learning that ally Israel was going to strike and fearing Tehran would retaliate against US forces, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.

Defence attachés

4. Ireland is to move forward with deploying its first defence attachés to embassies in the US, Britain and France, Niall O’Connor reports this morning.

Walking and cycling index

5. Adults across the country’s five largest cities are taking an estimated 660,000 cars off the road every day by walking, wheeling or cycling instead of driving, according to new figures from the NTA.

Clintons testify over Epstein links

6. A US congressional committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has released videos of the depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Burke transferred

7. Enoch Burke has been transferred from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin to Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon, a move described as “scandalous” by his family.

Wexford evictions

8. Housing Minister James Browne has said he is “very concerned” after 36 homes in the same housing estate in his Wexford constituency received eviction notices in recent days.

IFA protest

9. The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has ended its sit-in protest at Bord Bia’s offices after Bord Bia agreed to an independent governance review of its board.