Cuts to excise duties on petrol and diesel - and a suspension of the NORA levy on motor fuel and home heating oil - will take effect from midnight.
Sinn Féin voted against the measures taking effect, as did independent TD Carol Nolan. All other TDs backed the cut.
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Orbán's veto of the €90bn Ukraine loan is a direct challenge to the European Council — and to its president, António Costa.
@JorgeLiboreiro examines how the standoff could reshape Costa's time in office. 👇
https://l.euronews.com/mK4k
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🚨 Petrol taxes to fall by 17c/litre (including VAT) from midnight tomorrow
🚨 Diesel to fall by 22c/litre
📉 Fall will come through excise cuts and suspending NORA levy
🚨 Dáil will be asked to vote through measures tomorrow
🚨 Higher commercial diesel rebate
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DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.
He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.
The grift continues.
Euronews journalist Jane Witherspoon reporting from Dubai on the chaos engulfing the city amid Iranian Shahed drones strikes into residential areas.
It's been four years since Putin launched Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukrane, a sobering milestone and a reminder of the war’s immense human cost.
● Today, I joined @joeblynam.bsky.social and Cormac Smith on @newstalkfm.bsky.social
to reflect.
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CBS lawyers tried to silence Stephen Colbert. He posted the interview on YouTube anyway.
What Trump doesn't want you to see:
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Every Italian who comes to Ireland for the Rugby should be given at least one free pint…
Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
Good question
30m people so far have voted and most of them want Musk to buy Europes biggest airline Ryanair
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Eurozone inflation dips below 2% making a rate hike highly unlikely in the next few months
EU readies €93bn tariffs in retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat
Some Stillorgan shopping centre retailers holding back rent due to ‘massive impact’ of parking fees
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That’s most of the world
It goes to show that any Trade “deal“ with the U.S. over the past nine months is not worth the paper it is printed on
France warns US that Greenland seizure would endanger EU trade
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
Page One in Detroit: Sabula.
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Apple App Store developer guideline: “Apps should not include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, in exceptionally poor taste, or just plain creepy.”
And yet at Apple is happy for the Grok app to enable & share vile AI images of real people
Judge Brian Cregan said “it is clear” that Enoch Burke “has something to hide” by refusing to comply with legal requests to provide the High Court with details of his income. jrnl.ie/6897847
Conor McGregor’s bid to further appeal Nikita Hand case is rejected by Supreme Court www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The House Oversight Committee released several emails from Jeffrey Epstein suggesting President Donald Trump knew about his criminal activity.
Head-spinning day, but was glad to start it at 6.45am on Newstalk FM with @JoeBLynam, talking rare earths, Nexperia and the fast-changing world we live in.
Trump is now threatening a tariff of 91% on - checks notes- Pasta
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