Coming up on Morning Ireland Ahead of the start of the National Ploughing Championships, we hear from two farmers about some of the biggest challenges facing the industry at the moment - and get a sense of what they’re hoping to hear from politicians gathering in Ratheniska

“Our house became like paper,” said one girl who had slept on Beirut's seaside corniche after fleeing her home in the city's southern suburbs under intense bombing Friday night. on.ft.com/3ZHOejj w/ Charles Clover

How Israeli spies penetrated Hizbollah on.ft.com/3N3RsGh

Israel announces the start of a ground invasion of south Lebanon - they claim it’s “limited” and “localised”. People in Beirut reporting heavy bombing

Israel begins ground operation in southern Lebanon, the IDF says cnn.it/3zsNsw4

Large fire & black smoke rising from the scene of an airstrike on Dahieh in Beirut, the strike happened as we were on air on #rtept The site is very close to Beirut airport.

Hundreds of thousands displaced Lebanese have nowhere to go, they are sleeping in cars, on beaches, and on the streets. Shelters are full and there are warnings that the humanitarian situation is getting worse RTÉ News

Irish peacekeepers would be at "at extreme risk" if they left an outpost on the Israel-Lebanon border says Neale Richmond he says the 12km journey back to Camp Shamrock would be "treacherous” rte.ie/news/world/202…

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Hard, but necessary read by Oliver Marsden on the horrific strike on Aitou, Lebanon, which killed 23 people, most of whom were displaced, yesterday. archive.today/ZB2nZ

The hardline Israeli settlers planning their future homes in Gaza

"They used me as a human shield." Five former Palestinian detainees and an IDF soldier say the Israeli military has forced civilians to carry out dangerous reconnaissance missions in Gaza to protect troops. Mick Krever, JeremyDiamondCNN, Abeer Salman report: edition.cnn.com/2024/10/24/mid…

Really good illustrations here of the impact on women…and some doctors…of the US abortion policies. H/T ⁦Lewis Goodall⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Taoiseach Simon Harris tells RTÉ News that he hopes “we will have polling day in this country on the 29th of November”

I'll be kicking off the RTÉ News election TV coverage tonight! Tune into RTÉ 2 at 9.55pm for the first glimpse of the #GE2024 Exit Poll, experts & politicians will be live in studio, as we get the first indication of how the election could go

My quick look at the momentous news from #Syria, for @newyorker newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

For years I reported about enforced disappearances in #Syria … the missing … the suffering of their families. Today I was in #Sednaya prison watching the families hang on to false hope. I saw the execution room. Unimaginable horrors. I can’t sleep youtu.be/YqeTeD8jxsc?si…

Thank you for all the feedback on our report from inside Sednaya prison, Syria today Team included: Jack Hewson Bluesky handle: @jackhewson.com & Danny Makki channel4.com/news/syria-ins…

BBC's Lina Sinjab - Assad's police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I'm back, and free bbc.com/news/articles/…

Air drops provide a fraction of the amount trucks do. If Israel allowed the UN to do its job, there would be no starvation. Trucks of food are there waiting to be delivered if Israel permitted.