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The attacks of September 11 were perpetrated 25 years ago today ushering a new era on which our correspondent Denis Staunton reflects.

The European Unions foreign policy chief has told The Irish Times sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Banks would be justified.

The son of Gerry Hutch, Jason Murphy, has appeared in court charged in connection with organised crime following his extradition from Lanzarote.

Ireland’s Health Products Regulatory Authority asked Amazon to remove dozens of drugs listed on its site.

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeil has told The Irish Times she worried about taking the role because of a medical injury her son had at birth.

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Four HSE regions are to be stripped of their powers over day-to-day spending by the Government in response to an overspend of hundreds of millions of euro, Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has said.

Of 12 teenagers before Dublin Children’s Court on Wednesday, facing charges including for theft, assault, stealing cars, possession of drugs, and carrying weapons, just one had a solicitor due to the ongoing strike over legal aid reforms.

“9/11 was the last day of my New York summer,” writes Emer McLysaght in her column today. “It will never leave me.”

Patrick Freyne reviews The Grand Tour as completely new series with new presenters begins on Amazon Prime. Patrick prefers to call it “Continuity Top Gear” or maybe even “Men!”

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Clamper vans will but disappear from Dublin city centre in what’s to be the biggest shake up in parking enforcement in almost 30 years.

Hospital incomes have been hit by the move to public-only consultant contracts, notes a confidential HSE report seen by The Irish Times. Minister for Public Expenditure, Jack Chambers, will be on the Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan later today.

Paddywagon, the well known tour operator, is continuing to sell packages to the Cliffs of Moher in Co. Clare despite earlier this week being hit with a legal bill of over €5,000 for running coach trips there without the necessary documentation.

The Irish Rugby Football Union has launched a search for a development partner to deliver its proposed Lansdowne Quarter beside the Aviva stadium. The development would include a 257-room hotel, 77 apartments, and conference facilities on a site next to the Lansdowne Road level crossing in Dublin 4.

While post-Brexit Britain wrestles with issues of identity and national characeristics, our London correspondent Mark Paul gets a seat in first class and a lesson in Englishness.

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There has been a sharp rise in children living in households below the poverty line, according to new figures for 2024 from the Economic and Social Research Institute.

Carrigaline, County Cork, has the lowest rate of commercial rental vacancies in Ireland showing a busy local economy and strong competition for consumers.

Ireland’s most senior civil servant has criticised Government departments for delaying work on bring EU rules into Irish law, opening the government to legal action in Brussels.

Fine Gael’s Neale Richmond has told The Irish Times that older generations need to tell young people about the Troubles in Northern Ireland in order for a “practical conversation” on Irish unity to take place.

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Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has claimed the largest share of the vote in elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

New data centres could be offered lower gas connections if they agree to have their supply interrupted during periods of extreme demand.

A special cost recovery team has been deployed to Naas General Hospital amid concerns it could go over budget by as much as 41 million euro this year.

The Irish Times speaks to the rural pub landlords fighting for survival.

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