LAST UPDATE | 10 Apr 2025

GOOD MORNING.

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

Housebuiding

1. Cairn Homes’ boss has said 10,000 to 15,000 planning approvals are at risk of lapsing and has called for emergency legislation to be introduced by government. 

Child sex abuse material

2. Gardaí conducted a number of searches at several locations in Ireland and has seized devices containing child sexual abuse material.

Stocks

3. Asian shares surged in early morning trading, with Japan’s benchmark jumping more than 2,000 points almost immediately after the Tokyo exchange opened.

Teachers burnt out

4. A new study indicates that 86% of teachers in the country are suffering “moderate to high” burnout rates. 

Nightclub collapse

5. Dominican Republic rescue workers have ended the search for survivors of a nightclub roof collapse as the death toll surpassed 180 in the Caribbean nation’s worst disaster in decades.

No grá for GRA

6. Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan will not be attending the Garda Representative Association’s annual conference this year.

Data centres

7. Electricity consumption by data centres will more than double by 2030, driven by artificial intelligence applications that will create new challenges for energy security and CO2 emission goals, the IEA has said.

RIP 

8. Tributes have been paid to Eamon Farrell, the father of Oscar-nominated actor Colin Farrell, who has died after a long illness. 

Harris in Washington

9. Taoiseach Simon Harris has said there is “space for negotiation” around potential US tariffs on pharmaceutical products after yesterday’s 90-day pause in new general tariffs on most countries.