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LAST UPDATE | 29 Apr
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party has won the country’s national election, securing another term in power after convincing voters it is the party best placed to navigate the turmoil created by US President Donald Trump
As the election polls closed, the Liberal Party were projected to win more of parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservative Party, though it was not immediately clear if they would win an outright majority or would need to rely on one or more smaller parties to form a government and pass legislation.
Carney, who had never held elected office and only replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister last month, previously served as central bank governor in both Canada and Britain.
Kneecap have apologised to the family of a murdered Tory MP and said they do not support Hamas or Hezbollah after videos from past gigs came to the attention of police and politicians.
The group have slammed at the same time what they describe as a “smear campaign” against them over their support for Palestine.
Footage of the Belfast rap trio at two separate gigs was sent to the Metropolitan Police last week and taken up by its counter-terrorism internet referral unit for examination.
An investigation is underway to understand the cause of a massive blackout that hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.
Electricity had been restored to more than 90% of mainland Spain early today, the REE power operator said.
Tánaiste Simon Harris will bring a memo to Cabinet setting out plans to roll-out Ireland’s first ever military radar programme.
Earlier this month Harris, who is also Defence Minister, had flagged that he intended on having the programme be rolled out next year and be fully operational by 2028.
The system will have the ability to detect aircraft designed not to be seen or that have their transponders turned off. It can identify hostile and surveillance aircraft and hijacked aircraft.
Incidents involving the harassment and abuse of staff are among the 592 hate crimes recorded by gardaí last year.
A hate crime is defined as “any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person to, in whole or in part, be motivated by hostility or prejudice, based on actual or perceived age, disability, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender”.
A total of 592 hate crimes and a further 84 hate-related incidents (the latter not including crime) were recorded by gardaí last year. The figures are up 4%, but gardaí have said that hate-related crimes and incidents remain underreported.
The government has confirmed that the long-awaited auto-enrolment pension scheme for workers will now not come into force until 1 January 2026.
The scheme, which will see almost 800,000 workers gain access to a pension for the first time, was previously due to start in 2025.
Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary will update Cabinet today on the progress of the scheme.
A teenage boy is to be sentenced for repeatedly stabbing an Irish army chaplain.
The boy pleaded guilty earlier this year to attempted murder at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.
Father Murphy was stabbed seven times with a hunting knife at Renmore Barracks in Galway on 15 August.
A new blood test can search for multiple cancers is not being used in Ireland for screening, although trials for the test are underway in the United Kingdom.
The miONCO-Dx blood test analyses circulating tumour DNA found in a patient’s blood sample. The test is minimally invasive, only requiring a single blood sample, rather than a surgical biopsy, and can detect multiple genes at the same time.
Drew Harris been accused of leaving a “legacy of fear and distrust” among gardaí after his almost seven-year stint in the Garda Commissioner job, according to an officers’ body.
The Garda Representatives Association (GRA) further accused of Commissioner Drew Harris of dismantling community policing thanks to reforms pushed through during his term overseeing the force.
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