LAST UPDATE | 27 Nov 2025

GOOD MORNING.

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

Housing mishap

1. Dozens of people were mistakenly told that they had been successful in their application for a cost-rental apartment in Dublin from an Approved Housing Body. 

Forecast

2. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for Donegal and Mayo, which comes into effect this afternoon.

Washington shooting 

3. A man suspected of shooting two National Guard soldiers near the White House previously worked with the United States military in Afghanistan, US media reported on Wednesday.

Climate change effects

4. Extreme rainfall like that experienced in the southeast of the country earlier this month during Storm Claudia is twice as likely due to climate change – and we can expect more of the same, and even more intense rain to come.

Infrastructure

5. The government has signed off on plans to speed up the delivery of infrastructure projects, which are currently held up in the judicial review process. 

Fatal crash

6. A man in his 80s has died following a fatal single vehicle road traffic incident that occurred on the Curragh Road, Kildare town this afternoon at around 1.35pm.

Hong Kong fire

7. The death toll from a high-rise fire in Hong Kong has risen to at least 55, officials said Thursday as the blaze still smouldered and police said three suspects were arrested.

Wait time

8. CHI have issued a “sincere apology” for shortcomings in the care of a Dublin teenager with severe and poorly controlled asthma who died following a severe attack while waiting over four years to see a specialist consultant.

Doctorate rejection

9. An expert on Irish emigration has become the third person this week to turn down an honorary doctorate that was due to be conferred by the University of Galway at a ceremony today.