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- Further fuel price measures may be needed, says Taoiseach September 8, 2026Taoiseach Micheál Martin has intimated there may be a need for further measures to help combat the rising prices of petrol and diesel.
- Macron calls for EU-wide under 15 social media ban September 8, 2026French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the European Commission to back an EU-wide ban on social media for children under 15
- UK to announce sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlements September 8, 2026The UK government is due to announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a minister has indicated
- Thieves steal art worth €9m from Renoir museum in France September 8, 2026Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France, stealing "four works of art", one of which they dropped as they fled, a mayor said.
- Irish 15-year-olds rank first for reading in EU - study September 8, 2026Ireland's 15-year-olds have ranked first for reading, third for science and fourth for mathematics out of the 27 EU countries, in a major international educational study.
- Public transport delays after fire in Dublin city centre September 8, 2026Commuters have been warned to expect delays and disruption as Dublin Fire Brigade deal with a fire in a building at the bottom of Grafton Street in the city centre.
- First decrease in people with health insurance since 2020 September 8, 2026The number of people with health insurance has fallen for the first time in six years.
- Nepalese rescuers now focusing on hydropower tunnels September 8, 2026Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, two weeks after a devastating flood killed hundreds and left thousands missing in the Himalayan country and in neighbouring China's Tibet region.
- Four dead as Russia and Ukraine resume strikes September 8, 2026Russia resumed strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, shortly after the departure of US peace negotiators, attacking the city with ballistic missiles and killing two people.
