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LAST UPDATE | 1 Sep 2025
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.
1. Data centre operators are contributing a significant amount to local authority budgets through commercial rates, a new investigation has found.
2. Gardaí have launched an investigation into a significant online threat against the family of the Tánaiste Simon Harris.
3. More than 600 people have been killed by a strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake and multiple aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan.
4. A new report has condemned the process of the Farrelly Commission, which produced a report into the case of ‘Grace’, a young woman with profound intellectual disabilities who was left in a foster home in the Waterford area for almost 20 years, despite a succession of sexual and physical abuse allegations.
5. Today marks day three of indefinite strike action by school secretaries and caretakers represented by trade union Fórsa.
6. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has recalled another mixed leaf product that may contain the harmful bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
7. The National Screening Advisory Committee (NSAC) wants to hear what new health screening services should be offered publicly.
8. A family of five staying in international protection accommodation who were facing a transfer from Dublin to the other side of the country have had the decision reversed.
9. The Central Bank’s authorisation of the sale of Israeli State bonds, dubbed ‘war bonds’ by opponents, expires today.
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