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Middle East
Thousands told to evacuate largest hospital in south Gaza as 9 dead after Israel strikes Lebanon
RTÉ payments
RTÉ paid its former Chief Financial Officer Breda O'Keeffe a €450,000 exit package
O’Keeffe previously told the Public Accounts Committee that she had availed of the scheme when she had left in 2020.
O'Keefe's exit fee was more than double the total of ten other inspected packages.
This was despite the fact the ex-financial controller not being applicable for the scheme in the first place.
The chair of the media committee has called on Dee Forbes to make herself available.
Food Delivery
Food delivery drivers in Dublin take part in strike action and gather on O'Connell Street
UNHCR
UN refugee agency calls on Irish Government to end asylum seeker homelessness and use of tents
Gaeilge
Síle Seoige responds to 'gaslighting' talk show apology over comments about the Irish language
Murder Investigation
Man and woman arrested in relation to murder of Michael Foley in Macroom, Co Cork
access to cash
Central Bank bosses: 'It's clear cash is still needed and wanted by people in society'
From The 42
Swimming
Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen takes gold in 800m freestyle at World Championships
SET hours in schools
'Exhausted with the fight': Outrage as Minister defends changes to special education criteria
Watergrasshill
Matthew Healy's father tells funeral it was 'greatest honour' of his life to be his dad
The young boy’s body was discovered near Dunmore East shortly after midnight on Friday.
Heated exchange
Central Bank confirms vulture fund legal loophole means thousands can't turn to ombudsman for help
social media summit
Social media companies refuse to support government’s calls for age verification measures
Gaza
Ireland and Spain ask for urgent review of EU's trade deal with Israel amid 'grave' Rafah threat
In a letter sent to the European Commission president, Varadkar also called for an ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’.
Negotiations
Minister Simon Coveney says it’s not 'realistic' for the US to stop supporting Israeli military
World Swimming Championships
Sligo native Mona McSharry 'gutted' after fifth-place finish in World 100m breaststroke
The Morning Lead
Giving birth in Gaza: 'I resorted to instructional videos on social media'
On the ground in Rafah, a reporter writing for The Journal speaks with pregnant women and new mothers.
Unicef has reported that Caesarean sections are being performed in Gaza without anaesthesia.
The Journal's reporter on the ground in Gaza tells the stories of women who have given birth in recent weeks as the bombardment continues around them.
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13 Feb 2024
Gaza
Al Jazeera condemns Israel as reporter's leg blown off in drone strike on Rafah
The Qatar-based network said the strike was a “fully-fledged crime which adds to Israel’s crime against journalists”.
Elsewhere, South Africa urged the UN's top court to place more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against Rafah.
Minister Simon Coveney has today accused Israel of “behaving like a rogue state”.
Belfast
Funding for Casement Park redevelopment is still a 'big difficulty', new Stormont minister says
your stories
'I'm keenly aware of private sector colleagues': We asked public sector workers about the new pay deal
A number of readers said that the deal doesn’t do enough to recognise the cost of living for people living and working in Dublin.
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