RTE – NEWS
- Rescue operations continue in Nepal, China after floods August 29, 2026Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.
- US secures huge stake in Venezuelan oil reserves - Trump August 29, 2026US President Donald Trump announced an unprecedented US push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, delivering a new source of crude oil to help bring down US fuel prices.
- Watch: From Leaving Cert disappointment to EP stage August 28, 2026KK Lewis took to the Electric Picnic stage almost seven years to the day she received her "doomsday" Leaving Cert results.
- Podcast: Canada goes 'elbows up' over Lake Ontario August 28, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged that Lake Ontario will continue to be called by that name, after US President Donald Trump said he was renaming it as 'Lake America'.
- Gardaí bid to 'vindicate' Daniel Aruebose's human rights August 28, 2026Gardaí have renewed their appeal to the public for information in relation to the disappearance and death of Daniel Aruebose, whose skeletal remains were found buried in Donabate in Dublin last year.
- Hyde and Cremen take gold at World Rowing Championships August 28, 2026Ireland's Zoe Hyde and Margaret Cremen claimed a superb World Rowing Championships gold in the women's double sculls final in Amsterdam on Friday evening.
- GP in prescriptions probe will comply with suspension August 28, 2026A Co Wicklow-based doctor has promised under oath to comply with a High Court order prohibiting her from practising as a GP until a fitness-to-practise process by the Irish Medical Council concludes.
- New AI tech considered to tackle wrong-way driving August 28, 2026AI technology and road cameras could be used to alert people more quickly to someone driving the wrong way down a motorway.
- Witness appeal after body of woman, 20s, found in Dublin August 28, 2026An investigation is under way after a woman's body was discovered in Kimmage on 25 August.



















