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1. Orange rain warning issued by Met Éireann for south of country

   Flood risk is increased due to high river levels and saturated ground, forecaster says

2. Irish fishing industry warns of thousands of job losses after quotas slashed in EU deal

   Early morning EU fisheries deal cuts Irish quotas by 57,000 tonnes in 2026, groups claim

3. New nationwide train timetables come into effect from Sunday

   Irish Rail urges users to check timetables for potential changes, with Cork services to be most impacted

4. Woman seriously injured in XL Bully dog attack

   Gardaí investigate incident at Limerick house on Friday

5. Gardaí identify suspected prime mover in death of toddler found buried near Donabate, Co Dublin

   Investigation upgraded from missing persons to homicide inquiry four years after Daniel Aruebose died and was buried

6. Friends of the Elderly celebrates 45 years at Dublin Christmas party

   ‘After rearing children and being at home, it was great to get somewhere with adults to sing the old songs and get up for a dance or two’

7. If you drink reindeer urine after they have eaten these red mushrooms, you’ll get high apparently

   Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on flying reindeer, avian winter visitors and fossilised limestone

8. Stay-at-home young people are angry over housing but at least they’re happier than Italians

   Plus: Santa defends the deer, selling milk to the lactose intolerant and a Eurovision we’re still in

9. ‘Sometimes people feel Dublin Bus is letting them down, but they don’t realise the real reason’

   Dublin Bus calls for congestion charges to discourage private cars from certain ‘pinch points’ in the city centre

10. This ‘Irish Whale’ has been spotted off Donegal and the coast of North America

    Ella McSweeney: A small encouraging sign these waters might hold value to such rare magnificent creatures