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<p>A resident holds a piece of a roof before Hurricane Melissa hits the city of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on October 28, 2025. Picture: YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images</p>

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Cuba battered by Hurricane Melissa after Jamaica suffers record-breaking storm damage

Hurricane Melissa has battered Cuba with 200km/h winds after devastating Jamaica, leaving widespread flooding, power outages, and major destruction

<p>Last June at a meeting of the Oireachtas Media Committee, Terence O’Rourke (right), chair of the RTÉ board, confirmed that the national broadcaster was negotiating an exit payment of up to €400,000 for one individual. RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst (left) earned a basic salary of €250,000 last year, with pension allocations and allowances brining his total remuneration to €339,954. File photo: SAM BOAL/Collins Photos </p>

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Cash-strapped RTÉ paid €475k in severance to former board member despite State bailout

<p>Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on justice, Matt Carthy, said: 'It is very possible the second Garda training college will be required into the future.' Photo: SAM BOAL/Collins Photos</p>

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Sinn Féin proposes €200 a week boost for Garda trainees and a 'rejoining bonus'

Tributes pour in for Mary 'May' McGee whose Supreme Court case helped end contraception ban

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Tributes pour in for Mary 'May' McGee whose Supreme Court case helped end contraception ban

DJ Carey court case

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Sentencing of DJ Carey adjourned after ex-hurler hospitalised ahead of court appearance

Met Éireann issues multiple weather warnings as Hurricane Melissa edges closer

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Met Éireann issues multiple weather warnings as Hurricane Melissa edges closer

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Two Louvre heist suspects ‘partially’ admit participation, says Paris prosecutor

'The two monsters didn't show one bit of remorse': Kieran Quilligan murderers begin life sentences

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'The two monsters didn't show one bit of remorse': Kieran Quilligan murderers begin life sentences

Graham Linehan court case

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Linehan was trying to get trans activist to ‘stop pushing camera in his face’

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No presenter in RTÉ will earn over €250k a year by January 1, director general vows

Kevin Bakhurst argued salaries of over €500k have already been brought 'down to under the level of what the director general earns'

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Charity calls for younger women to 'self-check' amid 26% rise in breast cancer among women aged 20 to 49

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Call for progress on health services hub for homeless in Cork City

Cork TD Colm Burke said proposed hub would benefit the estimated 500 homeless people in Cork who are forced to leave hostels each morning

Ireland’s only known dinosaurs to go on public display for the first time at UCC

Ireland’s only known dinosaurs to go on public display for the first time at UCC

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Surplus renewable energy used to heat immersion tanks of older people

Cork endometriosis patient calls for further expansion of supports

Cork endometriosis patient calls for further expansion of supports

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Spain holds memorial ceremony for flood victims year after disaster

Spain has commemorated the anniversary of last year’s massive floods that killed more than 230 people with a national memorial ceremony led by King Felipe VI.

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Watch: Jamaicans recount Hurricane Melissa's fury: 'It was terrible'

Watch: Drone captures damage left by Hurricane Melissa on Jamaican fishing village

Watch: Drone captures damage left by Hurricane Melissa on Jamaican fishing village

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Major BusConnects expansion to deliver 53% more Cork bus services and two 24-hour routes

Major BusConnects expansion to deliver 53% more Cork bus services and two 24-hour routes

Cabinet will today consider the €1bn BusConnects Cork plan, including 24-hour routes, 90km of new bus lanes, and expanded cycling infrastructure

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Appointment of Irish and Ulster Scots language commissioners welcomed

Micheal Martin attends the game 26/10/2025

Fianna Fáil unrest grows as Micheál Martin faces threat of no-confidence motion

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George loses jail compensation bid

Cork man cleared of Jill Dando murder too ill to appear in court for 1987 rape charge

Judge accepted a letter from the GP of Barry George, 65, of Co Cork, that set out longstanding health issues.

Enoch Burke court case

Enoch Burke's family stop going into school since threat of sequestering cars

Kerry man with locked-in syndrome sues over brain scan at hospital

Kerry man with locked-in syndrome sues over brain scan at hospital

Cork man stole €300 worth of baby clothes sent to pregnant woman by her father

Cork man stole €300 worth of baby clothes sent to pregnant woman by her father

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'I see dead people': Kerry man says he can communicate with ghosts

'I see dead people': Kerry man says he can communicate with ghosts

As Halloween approaches, Sarah Horgan talks to a man who makes a living from ghost hunting

Kieran Quilligan murder case a revealing insight into darker side of life in Cork City

Kieran Quilligan murder case a revealing insight into darker side of life in Cork City

More children waiting for mental health services in Cork and Kerry than any other region

More children waiting for mental health services in Cork and Kerry than any other region

‘It’s not all doom and gloom’: End-of-life doulas support people near death

‘It’s not all doom and gloom’: End-of-life doulas support people near death