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LAST UPDATE | 1 Nov 2025
GOOD MORNING. HERE’S all the news you need to know to start the day.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
1. What happens if you make a complaint about getting overcharged by a taxi?
In our main story this morning, Mairead Maguire reports that the answer is often not very much. For a variety of reasons, the investigations went nowhere, with overcharging making up the majority of complaints to the sector’s regulator.
2. Up to 28 people are now homeless after a fire at apartments housing people seeking international protection centre in Drogheda.
An investigation into the fire is underway and arson has not been ruled.
3. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is set to get a six-figure payout and an annual payment as part of his “relocation settlement” after being forced out of royal accommodation, according to British media.
4. Dublin Fire Brigade faced dozens of Halloween-related incidents across the capital, including bonfires, bin fires and false alarms.
5. Former Kilkenny hurling star DJ Carey was sentenced yesterday, with the complex web of his fraud laid bare for the first time.
6. The Taoiseach is among fewer than 60 world leaders attending COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
170 global delegations are accredited for the event, but just over a third of those have confirmed their attendance.
7. A young man who died following an assault in Kildare town last weekend has been named locally as Ryan Gibbons.
A murder investigation has been launched by gardaí after Ryan, who was in his 20s, was found unresponsive on McGee Terrace at around 3:15am on Sunday morning.
9. International war journalist Hannah McCarthy writes for us about how US strikes in the Caribbean show how far Washington has drifted from the rule of law.
9. In his weekend column, Carl Kinsella looks at comments made by Fine Gael leader Simon Harris in the run-in to last week’s presidential election and what it means for the Tánaiste’s view of the country.
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