Listen to Radio 2RDJ
RTE – NEWS
- Australia PM vows hate speech crackdown after shooting December 18, 2025Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised a sweeping crackdown on hate, division and radicalisation after a mass shooting killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach.
- EU holds summit on Russian asset plan for Ukraine December 18, 2025Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he will highlight the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and argue in favour of using frozen Russian assets to benefit Ukraine at a meeting of EU leaders.
- Brazil Congress passes bill to cut Bolsonaro prison term December 18, 2025Brazil's Senate passed a bill to slash the prison term of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of plotting a coup after losing re-election to left-winger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- Half of fraud incidents reported to AIB started via text December 18, 2025More than half of payment fraud incidents reported by AIB customers this year originated from text messages.
- Special assembly of Presbyterian Church to take place December 18, 2025A Special General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) will take place in Belfast, to discuss and agree new safeguarding measures following "significant failings" acknowledged by the PCI last month.
- Irish employment market seeing surge of 'job hugging' December 18, 2025A drop off in advertised vacancies has led to a rise of "job hugging", the trend of workers reducing their job searches and staying put in their current roles.
- Budget to lead to 1.3% drop in disposable incomes - ESRI December 18, 2025Decisions made in the Budget will result in a 1.3% decline in disposable incomes for many households, the Economic and Social Research Institute said.
- More work permits for meat processing and dairy sectors December 18, 2025The Government has announced the release of new General Employment Permit quotas for the roles of meat processing operative and dairy farm assistants.
- Caredoc workers expected to engage in strike action December 17, 2025Around 270 workers at Caredoc are expected to engage in strike action that is likely to cause significant disruption to GP out-of-hours services in the south east of the country.
