RTE – NEWS
- Gov to appoint minister of state at agriculture this week May 25, 2026A new minister of state at the Department of Agriculture is expected to be announced later this week.
- Delays on DART and Northern commuter services May 25, 2026Commuters in Dublin are being warned of delays this evening after a DART broke down in Killester.
- Telescope, toilet seats bought by Murrell with SNP funds May 25, 2026A £1,200 space telescope, a designer bread bin worth £60 and two toilet seats, costing nearly £70, are among the items that former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell bought using money embezzled from the party.
- Gardaí seize cash, phones, clothes worth €114k in Dublin May 25, 2026Gardaí have seized cash, mobile phones and counterfeit clothing following searches targeting intellectual property crime at two properties in west Dublin.
- Four killed in eastern Ukraine as attacks intensify May 25, 2026Russian attacks killed four people and wounded more than a dozen others in eastern Ukraine, local authorities said.
- 'It's blue'- scientists find new deep-sea octopus May 25, 2026On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean and no bigger than a golf ball.
- Ex-SNP exec admits embezzling 400k from party funds May 25, 2026Former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000, admitting diverting funds from the party which were used to buy items such as cars, a motorhome and luxury goods.
- Fianna Fáil needs plan to win back seats - O'Callaghan May 25, 2026A plan is needed by Fianna Fáil win back seats in constituencies where the party has none, the Minister for Justice has said.
- Woman arrested in relation to Kyran Durnin investigation May 25, 2026A woman in her 50s has been arrested as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murder of six-year-old Kyran Durnin.



















