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- North South Ministerial Council to take place in Dublin October 16, 2025Taoiseach Micheál Martin will host a meeting of ministers from north and south of the border in Dublin today as part of a long-standing post-peace process event.
- Baby death exposed 'systemic failure' of HSE - IPA October 16, 2025The Irish Patients' Association (IPA) has said the inquest into the death of baby Luke Kelly has exposed not just individual shortcomings in the health service but "a deeper systemic failure".
- BioBank Ireland to create snapshot of people's health October 16, 2025Plans have been announced to create a snapshot of the health of people living on the island of Ireland by combining genetic information with lifestyle, environmental, biomarker and healthcare outcome data.
- CAB seizes two houses from gang member in Limerick October 16, 2025The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized two houses in Limerick from criminal gang member Kieran Keane Junior.
- Hundreds airlifted from storm-damaged villages in Alaska October 16, 2025One of the "most significant" airlifts in the history of Alaska is under way to move hundreds of people from villages on the US state's south-west coast that were inundated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong last weekend, officials said.
- Sam Fender wins the 2025 Mercury Prize October 16, 2025British singer-songwriter Sam Fender has won the Mercury Prize 2025 for his third album People Watching, beating competition from Irish artists CMAT and Fontaines D.C.
- Insurance reforms should bring 'lower premiums' - Troy October 16, 2025The Minister of State with responsibility for Insurance has said savings from reforms of the sector "must be reflected in lower premiums" and "wider availability of cover."
- Russian embassy warns EU about converting frozen assets October 16, 2025The Russian embassy to Ireland has warned that the "Western economy" risks collapse should the EU press ahead with plans to convert tens of billions of frozen Russian assets into a loan for Ukraine.
- Husband says will fight for wife's memory after inquest October 16, 2025The husband of a woman who died at University Hospital Limerick a day after suffering a miscarriage has said he will continue fighting to vindicate his wife's memory, after an inquest into her death recorded a narrative verdict.
