LAST UPDATE | 29 May 2025

GOOD MORNING.

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

Trade wars

1. A US federal court has blocked most of Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs from going into effect, ruling that the president had overstepped his authority with the across-the-board global levies.

Pharmacy prescriptions delayed

2. Plans to have pharmacies across Ireland prescribing medications for common conditions including uncomplicated urinary tract infections, vulvovaginal thrush, cold sores and other common conditions have been delayed. 

Hunger in Gaza

3. Thousands of desperate people stormed a United Nations warehouse in central Gaza yesterday, with the World Food Programme reporting two possible deaths in the tumult as Israel and the UN traded blame over the deepening hunger crisis.

Musk departs

4. Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to US President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

Arts Council

5. The Arts Council is set to face a grilling at the Public Accounts Committee over the failed project to develop an IT system for the organisation which cost nearly €6.7 million. 

Mulloolly’s AI letter

6. Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly has said he used artificial intelligence to write a letter urging the EU to deliver more aid into Gaza.

Kinahan extradition

7. Sean McGovern, a key member of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, is being extradited to Ireland from the United Arab Emirates. 

Special Criminal Court

8. The Minister for Justice is set to repeal the State’s counter-terrorism laws and establish a new non-jury court to replace the Special Criminal Court.

Garda struck by motorbike

9. A man who was arrested yesterday after a garda was seriously injured when he was struck by a motorbike has been charged in relation to this incident.