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Rescuers safely pulled a young girl out from the rubble of a collapsed monastery in Mandalay in Myanmar. Pan Ei, a 13-year old student, was attending summer school at a Buddhist monastery when a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck last Friday, causing the building to collapse and killing 13 of her classmates. #myanmar #earthquake #myanmarearthquake #rescue #miracle #mandalay #rtenews

A hatchet was among the items thrown at police during a third night of disorder in Northern Ireland. The PSNI said officers in Ballymena were also tagetted with "multiple petrol bombs, heavy masonry, bricks and fireworks". The PSNI condemned last night's violence as "completely unacceptable" and said nine of its officers were injured, with six further arrests. #northernireland #ballymena #rtenews

The Cork and Waterford senior camogie panels have said in a joint statement that they will tog out wearing shorts in Saturday’s Munster final. The move comes after days of controversy around the Camogie Association’s rule that skorts should be worn in games. Last weekend, Dublin and Kilkenny were forced to change into skorts to fulfil their Leinster semi-final fixture. Link in bio to read more📲 #rtenews #camogie #cork #waterford #munster

This is the moment just before a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York, killing six people, including three children. Eyewitness footage filmed from New Jersey also shows part of the helicopter falling into the river. 📲#rténews #rte #newyork #helicopter #hudsonriver #news #fyp

Questions were raised after US President Donald Trump unveiled a hefty 29% tariff on Norfolk Island, a tiny Australian territory 966 km off the mainland's eastern coast. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the media his country did better than most with a tariff of 10% - half of what the EU was hit with and one-third of what China got - but he had no explanation for Norfolk Island, with its 2,188 residents. Australia’s remote, uninhabited islands in the Antarctic, like the Heard and McDonald Islands, also now face a 10% tariff for exports to the US. #trump #tariff #australia #norfolkisland #rtenews

President Michael D Higgins has said that accusations of anti-semitism against those who criticise the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amount to "slander against Ireland". "If you criticise Netanyahu's policies you are then described as being anti-Semitic. That is a disgrace and a slander," he said. Speaking at Bord Bia Bloom, President Higgins said that Irish people are among the best-informed people with regards the situation in the Middle East. He said this can be attributed in part to families who sent sons and daughters on peacekeeping missions to Lebanon and elsewhere and who returned and spoke the truth. Go to link in bio for full story #rtenews #gaza #palestine #israel

Wexford woman living in Vancouver describes the “strange mood”in the city following the ‘car-ramming attack’. #rtenews #Vancouver #Filipino #Irish

Media from across the globe have set up camp at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican as Roman Catholic cardinals begin the task of electing a new pope. #Pope #conclave #vatican #stpeterssquare #popefrancis #rtenews

Jack Trotter from Newtownards, Co Down was hit by a car that ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade. His girlfriend Abbie Gallagher witnessed the scene. Mr Trotter said the driver “knew what he was trying to execute.” “He was trying to run us over”, said Jack Trotter. 📲#rténews #liverpool #lfc #rte #liverpool #news #irishnews #northernireland #fyp

Two teenagers who died after getting into difficulty in the sea off the coast of Buncrana, Co Donegal had entered the water to retrieve a football, a local councillor has said. The victims have been named as 16-year-old Emmanuel Familola from Nigeria and 18-year-old Matt Sibanda, who was from Zimbabwe. #donegal #rtenews

Niamh Gannon, captain of Dublin's camogie team, said that protesting is the only option to change in a rule requiring players to wear skorts. Ms Gannon said she and other like-minded players will continue to protest until they are allowed to wear shorts. #rténews #rte #ireland #sport #news #irishnews #camogie #fyp

Tear and scenes of joy at the Vatican as a new pope is elected. #rtenews #whitesmoke #pope #conclave #vatican

🌳 An innovative technology project that uses environmental sensors and AI to give trees 'a voice' has been on show in Trinity College Dublin. The project saw people have 'conversations' with a 200-year-old tree on the university campus, uncovering how it 'felt' about the changing world around it. #talkingtree #trees #nature #ai #environment #rtenews

The Residential Tenancies Board has warned of “concerning trends” of rental inflation in Galway that need further investigation. It said it will host a forum to address rental law compliance. According to the latest RTB/ESRI Rent Index, the average rent for new tenancies in Galway city was €1,730 in the fourth quarter of 2024. 📲#rténews #rent #galway #ireland #rte #ireland #irish #fyp

The European Union has offered the United States a deal to remove tariffs on all industrial goods as part of the trade negotiations, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said while stressing that the EU was ready to retaliate against US President Donald Trump’s policies should talks fail. Link in bio to read more📲 #rtenews #eu #us #donaldtrump #tariffs

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have paid their respects to Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica. 📲#rténews #ireland #pope #irish #news #irishnews #fyp #rome #vatican

The Raise the Roof campaign group held a rally outside the Dáil calling for urgent Government action on Ireland’s housing and homelessness crisis. The group is coordinated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and is supported by most Opposition parties. Hundreds of people gathered in Molesworth Street opposite Leinster House for the protest and the street was closed to traffic. Link in bio to read more📲 #rtenews #raisetheroof #housing #ireland

Emeis is the State’s leading provider of private nursing home care. RTÉ had a fully trained healthcare assistant go undercover to document the standard of care at their Beneavin Manor facility in Dublin. In one incident captured during filming, an elderly resident with lewy dementia was moved at pace down a corridor while another carer held him by the waistband of his trousers. “Holding someone by the trousers is a form of restraint,” said Professor Amanda Phelan from DCU. “It directs that individual and acts as a mechanism of control.” Watch RTÉ Investigates: Inside Ireland’s Nursing Homes on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player at 9.35pm this evening.

Tributes have been paid to a teenager who died while swimming in Laytown, Co Meath. The boy has been named locally as 15-year-old Kofi Owusu, who had been living in the Blackrock area of Dundalk, Co Louth. The popular secondary school student had just completed his Junior Certificate and was also credited with being very athletic. Link in bio to read more📲 #rtenews #leinster #meath #ireland

The BBC has announced that Gary Lineker will leave his presenting role following the conclusion of Match of the Day for the 2024/25 season and will not be part of the BBC's coverage of the 2026 World Cup or next season's FA Cup coverage. The 64-year-old's departure comes after he apologised "unreservedly" for sharing an Instagram story about Zionism, which he deleted, and which had featured a picture of a rat, saying: "I take full responsibility for this mistake. That image does not reflect my views." The post prompted calls by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) for Lineker to be sacked. #garylineker #bbc #rtenews