GOOD MORNING.

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

Ukraine deal

1. Washington signalled room for negotiation on a US plan to end the Ukraine war that has drawn pushback from Kyiv, its allies and US lawmakers ahead of today’s talks on the proposal in Switzerland.

Weather

2. A Status Yellow wind warning has been issued for five counties in the west.

Air Corps

3. The Irish Air Corps fleet of four PC-12 aircraft had to be grounded for a week causing an air ambulance mission to be “stood down”.

Tax and asylum

4. Micheál Martin has disputed a stance put forward by businessman Denis O’Brien that the government is indirectly contributing to people seeking asylum in Ireland thanks to its tax regime for major technology companies.

Cocaine seizure

5. A man has been arrested after gardaí seized over €490,000 in suspected cocaine.

COP30 deal

6. Nations clinched a deal at the UN’s COP30 climate summit in the Amazon without a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels as demanded by the European Union and other countries.

Nightlife

7. While nightlife in Ireland is going from strength to strength in some ways, nightclubs need to be given more supports in order to thrive.

Gaza strikes

8. Israel’s military yesterday launched airstrikes, which they said were against Hamas militants, in Gaza in the latest breach of the ceasefire that has technically been in place since 10 October, despite numerous breaches.

Road crash

9. A young woman was seriously injured after being hit by a truck in Limerick city yesterday.