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Police in Country Fermanagh continue their inquiries into a suspected triple murder and attempted suicide yesterday. 45 year old Vanessa Whyte, and her two children, 14-year-old James Rutledge and 13-year-old Sara Rutledge, died in the shooting at their home in Maguiresbridge, John Cooke reports.

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A fifth of the children in Gaza are malnourished and more than 100 people have reportedly died of hunger, the UN has said. The head of UNRWA said its staff are fainting from hunger as the starvation crisis deepens. For more Caroline Willeman is Project Coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontieres & Amjad Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGO Network.

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Improving pricing transparency ..and giving the Injuries Resolution Board more powers..are among the measures. To discuss this Robert Troy, Minister of State for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance.

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The Government plans to cut hospitality VAT back to 9% for Budget 2026 but economists warn that the billion-euro cost is economically illiterate & reckless vandalism of public finances. To discuss this Dr Barra Roantree, Director of the Masters in Economic Policy, Trinity College Dublin & Adrian Cummins, CEO of Restaurants Association of Ireland.

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A Former All Ireland Winning Hurler has walked free from court this afternoon after he was cleared of charges relating to the alleged assault of a 12 year old boy. Niall Gilligan from Co. Clare had denied assault and had used reasonable force to defend himself. Drivetime’s John Cooke was at Ennis Circuit Court for the verdict.

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The Government is to bring in a ban on industrial overfishing of sprat in Irish inshore waters to combat marine biodiversity loss. For more on this Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity & Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD and spokesperson.

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Nobody will use the planned MetroLink from Dublin city centre to the airport and it will cost taxpayers multiples of any budget allocated to the project - that's according to Michael O'Leary, group chief executive officer of Ryanair Holdings.

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Roderic O'Gorman who is Leader of the Green Party gives us his reaction to the National Development Plan.

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The Economic and Social Research Institute has today brought out the results of research it has conducted into attitudes to immigration in both rural and urban settings. For more on this Keira Murphy is Senior Policy Officer with the ESRI and of the co-authors of this research.

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The revised National Development Plan of 275.4 billion euro. For more on this Jack Chambers T.D. Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.

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