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Irish experts hear 'sobering' accounts from frontline as they train Ukrainian troops in Cyprus
An Irish team has returned from a mission training Ukrainian soldiers in specialist search techniques for bomb disposal.
Middle East
At least 103 people killed and 211 wounded in bombings in Iran at ceremony near general's grave
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “evil and criminal enemies” of the country for the attack and vowed a “harsh response.”
PDC World Championship
Luke Humphries crowned world darts champion after epic final against 16-year-old Littler
Rescue
British Coast Guard aircraft assisted Irish helicopter rescue of injured sailor off south coast
Oscar Pistorius
Pistorius to be released this Friday after serving nearly 10 years for girlfriend's murder
Middle East
Hezbollah leader warns Israel against waging war on Lebanon as fears rise of wider conflict
Hamas’s number two Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israel to "avoid any escalatory attitude".
directive
Ireland urged to show 'courage and conviction' to help pass stalled EU law on sexual violence
Dublin
Gardaí investigating Christmas Eve murder in Blanchardstown restaurant make second arrest
Tristan Sherry (26) died after being assaulted and a man in his 40s suffered gunshot wounds in the incident at Browne’s Steakhouse, Blanchardstown.
southern england
Motorist killed by falling tree as Storm Henk batters UK with 140kph winds
Police said a man in his 50s died, and more than 300 flood warnings remain in place.
supply chains
Maersk extends suspension of Red Sea route, as UN Security Council to discuss shipping attacks
glyphosate
Glyphosate accounts for 30% of pesticides in Ireland, with residues found in some food samples
The Morning Lead
Hospital parking charge cap further delayed
Cost review from 2018 is to be redone with no sign of when commitments made in 2020 will be met.
Noteworthy revealed last year that no progress had been made since a 2020 Programme for Government promise
The original working group had recommended that hospital parking charges be capped nationally at €10 per day
Work on new national guidance to begin in 'early 2024'
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