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LAST UPDATE | 20 Nov 2025
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.
1. A serving Garda has been arrested as part of an investigation into how a large quantity of drugs went missing from a locker in a Garda station.
2. Donald Trump has signed into law legislation requiring the release of government records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, spurring a showdown over whether the US president will allow full disclosure – or return to trying to bury the case.
3. Children from high-income families are more likely to attend afterschool clubs and centres than those from low-income families – and the gap is widening.
4. Political pundit and broadcaster Ivan Yates has told the Oireachtas Media Committee that since the story broke that he did media training for Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin the reaction from the public has been that this is a “media political bubble”.
5. A Status Yellow weather warning for counties Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, Sligo that came into effect last night will expire at 12pm today.
6. Funeral arrangements have been announced for Mark O’Connell, who died after being stabbed in Cork last weekend.
7. Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed 27 people yesterday, officials in the Strip said, with Israel and Hamas each accusing the other of violating the fragile ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.
8. Vogue Williams is joining the 2025 lineup for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.
9. A new US peace proposal would see Ukraine ceding land and more than halving its army.
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