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[15:00] IMF says tariffs will hit economic growth this year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sharply cut its growth forecasts for this year because of the disruption caused by the tariffs on imports introduced by the US.

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#TheInternationalMonetaryFund #thisyear #US







[14:46] Mayo woman recalls honour of meeting Francis in Knock

A Mayo woman has recalled being given the special honour of welcoming Pope Francis to Knock Airport when he visited Ireland in 2018.

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#Mayo #Francis #Ireland #2018



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Charities in Gaza are running out of food as Israel blocks all aid supplies

Palestinians in Gaza are facing severe food shortages as charities warn their last supplies of food are running out.

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Published: 22 Apr 2025, 12:10



UN food agency cites funding gap as it halts aid to 650,000 in Ethiopia

Aid to 3.6 million people overall is at risk unless new support is sourced, the World Food Programme warns.

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Published: 22 Apr 2025, 11:59








[13:33] Education funding 'paltry and pitiful' - TUI

The General Secretary of the Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) Michael Gillespie has said that the Irish education system continues to suffer from chronic and deliberate underfunding, which he described as a legacy of austerity prolonged by political indifference.

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#theTeachers'Union #Ireland #MichaelGillespie #Irish



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[12:30] Driver travelling at 179km/h one of 2,800 caught speeding

A motorist who was clocked driving at 179km/h in a 60km/h zone, was one of 2,800 drivers detected speeding over the Easter weekend.

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#179km/h #60km/h #one #2,800 #theEasterweekend



[12:31] External grievance system for Defence Forces members

Serving members of the Defence Forces can now avail of a new independent external grievance system, should they have issues of an interpersonal nature.

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#theDefenceForces







[11:35] Ireland 'lucky' to escape devastating floods during Éowyn

The country was "incredibly lucky" to avoid devastating flooding during Storm Éowyn as new research shows if it had hit Ireland a week earlier, sea levels could have reached over 5m above normal in some parts.

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#Ireland #aweekearlier #5



[11:24] Russian drone attack injures three in Ukraine's Odesa

Russian forces launched a mass overnight drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, wounding three people and damaging many apartments, local officials said.

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#Russian #overnight #Ukraine #BlackSea #three




[11:06] Russia 'upping' hybrid attacks against Europe

Russia is increasing its hybrid attacks aimed at undermining society in the Netherlands and its European allies, and Russian hackers have already targeted the Dutch public service, Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD has said.

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#Russia #Netherlands #European #Russian #Dutch #MIVD







[10:51] National convention on education to be set up - McEntee

Minister for Education Helen McEntee has told primary school principals that she will establish a National Convention on education "to hear and to understand peoples' thoughts, hopes and aspiration for the education system of the future".

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[10:43] Joanna Donnelly signs off from RTÉ Weather

Meteorologist Joanna Donnelly has presented her final weather forecast on RTÉ One after nearly 10 years on air.

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#JoannaDonnelly #nearly10years





Коли я кажу, що західняки довбойоби, я маю на увазі західну півкулю

When i say that westerners are idiots, I mean the western hemisphere

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#SUCHO