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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start the day.
1. Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early today after the Islamic republic named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father, while the multi-front war intensified in Lebanon.
2. A woman in her 20s died after being struck by a car in Co Tipperary yesterday evening.
3. A civil trial between three men injured in IRA bombings and Gerry Adams is set to begin at the High Court in London later.
4. Boarded-up houses and crumbling buildings are a common feature of towns and cities across Ireland. Here are the vacant and derelict buildings that Ireland’s councils asked to CPO last month.
5. A new mobile payment service designed to make sending money between bank accounts easier (essentially a rival of Revolut) is beginning to roll out to Irish banking customers this week.
6. An 11-year-old boy is in a critical condition after he was struck by an SUV on Saturday evening in Belfast.
7. Travel disruption is expected to last throughout the day in Scotland after a fire broke in a building adjacent to Glasgow Central railway station.
8. This Sunday, the great and the good of the movie business will gather at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the 2026 Oscars. But campaigning for an Oscar takes time, money and commitment – here’s how the Irish film Retirement Plan is doing it.
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