LAST UPDATE | 29 Sep 2025

GOOD MORNING.

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

Finglas

1. Gardaí are treating the deaths of a father and daughter in Dublin over the weekend as a murder-suicide case.

Gaza

2. Donald Trump will today host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for high-stakes talks aimed at pushing an elusive Gaza peace plan over the line.

Michigan

3. At least four people were killed and several others wounded yesterday after a shooter targeted and set alight to a Mormon church in Michigan.

NFL attack

4. A Social Democrats TD said the assault of an American football player in Dublin over the weekend is the latest example of how “grim” it is in the city centre because of violence and antisocial behaviour.

Ryder Cup

5. Europe won the Ryder Cup after a vital half-point from Shane Lowry put a stop to a sensational US comeback on the final day at Bethpage Black. Gavin Cooney, reporting from the course in New York, writes that Lowry’s name is now forever linked to the cup.

United Ireland

6. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said “there won’t be a border poll before 2030″.

Presidential election

7. Today is a big day in the presidential election race, with the first debate set to take place. Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys, Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin and Independent Catherine Connolly will go head-to-head at 10 pm for the live debate on Virgin Media One’s Tonight Show.

Fast Fashion

8. More than half of young adults are buying themselves new things to wear “at least” a few times a month, according to new research for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Iran

9. Iran claimed it executed a man it described as one of Israel’s top spies after he was convicted of working for its arch-enemy.