NEED TO CATCH up? Here’s what made the headlines today.

IRELAND

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• RTÉ is hosting its largest ever leaders’ debate tonight, with ten TDs set to take part from 9.35pm.
• Rival party heads piled pressure on Fine Gael leader Simon Harris to address the behaviour of a Fine Gael senator.
• A Fine Gael minister and election candidate has said an error between An Post and local authorities resulted in tens of thousands of voters in Galway East, Cork North-Central and Cork North-West getting the wrong election material.
• A man who repeatedly raped his wife and then subjected the same sexual violence on his two young daughters has been jailed for seventeen years.
• A judge approved a €47,000 settlement offer to a toddler who fell against the corner of a sleigh during a visit to see Santa in Arnotts, Dublin, injuring his right eyebrow.
• A low temperature and ice warning will be in place across the country tomorrow.
• Wind energy generation in Ireland was the third highest on record last month but the overall figure this year is expected to drop compared to 2023.
• Eight people who took part in a protest at Shannon Airport yesterday against the US military’s use of the airport were charged with public order offences.  

THE WORLD

Firefighters and rescuers gather outside a computer shop hit in an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut Bilal Hussein / AP/PA Bilal Hussein / AP/PA / AP/PA

#UKRAINE Russia threatened that it would respond if Ukraine fires western-supplied long-range missiles against it after US President Joe Biden gave Ukraine his approval for such strikes.

#LEBANON An Israeli airstrike hit a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital close to UN headquarters, Lebanon’s parliament, its prime minister’s office and several embassies.

#UK Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was given a domestic seven-match ban for an alleged racist remark about a teammate.

PARTING SHOT

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