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Ireland set to launch first ever satellite into space

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Eleanor Burnhill |Man paralysed

In what represents a major milestone for Ireland's emerging space industry, academics, students and engineers from University College Dublin hope to see their EIRSAT-1 satellite launched into space this evening following more than six years of research, design and building. Among those who will be excitedly watching the culmination of the 'Fly Your Satellite!' project when the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenbeg Air Force Base in California, will be PHD physics student, Laura Cotter.
Truce talks 'ongoing' between Israel and Hamas

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Man paralysed

Welcome to today's coverage of developments in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as the extended temporary truce ended and the Israeli army saying combat operations had resumed.
Double murderer executed in US state of Oklahoma

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Man paralysed

An Oklahoma man convicted of a double murder has been put to death by lethal injection in the US state of Oklahoma, the 24th and final execution to be carried out in the United States this year. Phillip Hancock, 59, was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Corrections said. He had been sentenced to death for the April 2001 murders of Robert Jett and James Lynch, members of a biker gang.
Landowners remain defiant in interconnector row

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Laura Hogan |Meath producers |Man paralysed

Eirgrid has said that a number of landowners have signed up to its offer of compensation to allow pylons and overhead lines be built on their land for the North-South Interconnector. The interconnector would link the electricity grids of Ireland and Northern Ireland with a 138km line and 407 pylons through the counties Meath, Cavan, Monaghan, Armagh and Tyrone. There would be 100km and 306 pylons in the Republic of Ireland.
New Zealand to ban mobile phones in schools

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Man paralysed

Mobile phones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said, as his fledgling government looks to turn around the country's plummeting literacy rates. New Zealand's schools once boasted some of the world's best literacy scores, but levels of reading and writing have declined to the point that some researchers fear there is a classroom "crisis".
Climate, Gaza share spotlight as leaders attend COP28

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Man paralysed

World leaders take centre stage at UN climate talks in Dubai later today, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit. The COP28 conference kicked off yesterday with an early victory as nations agreed to launch a "loss and damage" fund for vulnerable countries devastated by natural disasters.
Locals say community 'traumatised' after knife attack and riots

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Conor McMorrow |Staying child-free |Man paralysed

Community workers and politicians in Dublin's north inner-city area are concerned that some parents from migrant backgrounds have been reluctant to send their children back to school following the Parnell Square school knife attack last week. "Some of the children from migrant backgrounds haven't returned to school. They're genuinely terrified," local TD Gary Gannon told Prime Time.
CCTV footage shows gunmen stalking Newry murder victim

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Conor Macauley |Man paralysed

Killers who shot a man outside his Newry home followed their victim in the hours before the murder and fled across the border after the shooting, police have said. Detectives released new CCTV footage that shows Mark Lovell being stalked by the gang that shot him. The 58-year-old was ambushed when he arrived home from visiting his elderly mother in the nearby village of Meigh last December.
Watch: How concerned are you about climate change?

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Man paralysed

"We are living through climate collapse in real time."That was the starkest of warnings from UN head Antonio Guterres on the opening day of COP28 in Dubai. Mr Guterres had a clear message for the 198 countries negotiating at the UN climate summit: "We have the roadmap to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5C and avoid the worst of climate chaos.
NI bus, train services cancelled due to strike over pay

Dec 1, 2023 | rte.ie | Conor Macauley |Man paralysed

Cross border trains are among the services cancelled today as Northern Ireland's public transport workers stage a 24-hour strike over pay. Enterprise rail services will only operate as far as Dundalk and some will not run at all. Details are available on the Irish Rail website. All buses and train services in Northern Ireland will not operate as the three main transport unions take combined action. It is the first such public transport strike since 2015.