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- Both sides dig in as war in Iran approaches two-week mark March 13, 2026The leaders of Iran, Israel and the United States all voiced defiance and vowed to fight on as the Middle East war approached the two-week mark, killing thousands of people, disrupting the lives of millions of others and shaking financial markets.
- AI company Anthropic announces 200 new jobs in Ireland March 13, 2026US artificial intelligence company Anthropic has announced plans to create an additional 200 jobs in Ireland.
- Ireland, UK agree to work together on maritime security March 13, 2026The Irish and British Governments have agreed to work more closely to strengthen the resilience of the subsea fibre optic cable network which runs between the two countries.
- Status Yellow snow-ice warning in effect for 11 counties March 13, 2026A Status Yellow snow and ice warning is in effect for 11 counties while a Status Yellow wind warning is to come into effect for three counties in the west and southwest early this morning.
- Healthcare unions express concern over AI policy March 13, 2026The Irish Congress of Trade Unions' group of healthcare unions has said that any integration of Artificial Intelligence into the public health service must be done in consultation with workers.
- Watch: Strike on girls' school a 'targeting error' - US March 12, 2026The deadly strike on a girls' primary school in Iran - which killed at least 175 people - was the result of a targeting error by the US military, according to preliminary findings of a US military report.
- Rise in wind, solar capacity connected to national grid March 12, 2026An additional 189 megawatts of wind and solar capacity was connected to the electricity grid during the first two months of this year.
- Possible attempt to amputate dead woman's arm, trial told March 12, 2026The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his partner and setting fire to their home has heard that an attempt may have been made to amputate her left arm after she was dead.
- Lebanese face more death, displacement in latest war March 12, 2026It is 36 years since the late journalist Robert Fisk published his bestselling book 'Pity the Nation', which recounted the horror and hell which Lebanon went through during its long-running and bloody civil war from 1975 to 1990.
