LAST UPDATE | 1 Aug 2025

GOOD MORNING.

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

Victim pay

1. Opposition politicians have backed calls for court witnesses to be entitled to paid leave for the duration of a trial, rather than the current system which only extends leave for the day a witness is giving evidence.

Trump’s tariffs

2. Trump has ordered the reimposition of tariffs on dozens of trading partners – his cornerstone strategy for reshaping global trade to benefit the US economy.

Sexual violence

3. Extreme online pornography is “radicalising” some young men into normalising violence against women, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said.

Fiona Sinnott

4. Gardaí have completed a search operation in Co Wexford as part of an ongoing investigation into the 1998 disappearance and murder of Fiona Sinnott.

Child abuse material

5. A man who  took photographs of his teenage stepdaughter in the shower has been jailed for production of child abuse material.

Israeli settlers 

6. After the murder of Awdah Hathaleen by an Israeli settler, a village is under lockdown, and his loved ones are still waiting to bury him.

Read the feature by Andrew Walsh.

Athletics

7. Rhasidat Adeleke has said a recurrence of an old injury has ruled her out of the National Track and Field Championships in Santry this weekend.

Inspection

8. Donald Trump’s envoy met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday ahead of a visit to inspect aid distribution in Gaza, as a deadly food crisis drove mounting international pressure for a ceasefire.

Alleged assault in Dublin

9. Gardaí are investigating after an alleged assault occurred at an apartment in Dublin city centre last night.