LAST UPDATE | 7 Apr

GOOD MORNING.

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

Hospital violence

1. Doctor and Nursing unions say overcrowding and delays are a factor in the rising number of violent incidents.

Fatal collision

2. A man has died following a road traffic collision in Dundalk, which happened last night.

Artemis II

3. NASA mission control in Houston regained communications with Artemis astronauts travelling around the Moon after an expected blackout that lasted some 40 minutes.

Fuel prices protest

4. Motorists should expect significant disruption to major roads today, as a protest over the price of fuel seeks to slow traffic.

Iran V Trump

5. Trump has threatened that the entirety of Iran could be “taken out” today as the country has rejected the US ceasefire proposal.

RIP

6. Former Ceann Comhairle and Fine Gael minister Seán Barrett has died aged 81.

Cork crash

7. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a crash in Cork yesterday.

Teaching contracts

8. A new survey from the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) has found that less than one third of teachers receive a contract for full-time hours when they first enter jobs.

Carroll

9. The crew of Artemis II grew emotional as they radioed their Nasa base to say they were naming a moon crater, described as a “bright spot on the moon”, Carroll after the late wife of the mission’s commander.