A selection of top stories from The Irish Times.

• Volodymyr Zelensky had strong words for Europe, and is said to have agreed security guarantees from Donald Trump.
• Desperately needed flood defences in Clontarf on Dublin's north side are delayed again.
• Adults with ADHD tell The Irish Times of their struggles with addiction.
• The health minister criticised dentists who offer Botox.
• An Irishman is on the cusp of breaking the world record for the longest hike barefoot.

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As expected, Donald Trump brought the drama in Davos yesterday. Today EU leaders meet for an emergency summit in Brussels, where they’ll have to figure out what Greenland deal was done between the US president and the head of Nato in their absence.

Ellen Coyne has been canvassing opinions on an Australia style social media ban for under 16s here, and how it might work.

Over 500 people have had their say on proposed active travel scheme for the town of Skerries in north Co. Dublin. Olivia Kelly reports the vast majority of submissions to a public consultation show utter dismay at the plans for protected bike lanes, fewer car parking spaces and a one way system for part of the town.

And Emer McLysaght absolutely loves living alone, except for one completely terrifying prospect which plagues others like her.

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A selection of top stories from The Irish Times:

• Donald Trump is to speak to the World Economic Forum in Davos following fresh tariffs over his desire to take control of Greenland.
• An alarming number of Irish people believe the Holocaust is a myth
• Tusla defends itself in the High Court over its failure to give two children places in a secure unit.
• Still no screening for babies with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, two years after it was promised.
• The Irish language is to play a key role in Ireland's EU presidency.
• And a Dublin TD says restaurants shouldn't charge the same corkage fee for non-alcoholic drinks as it does for alcoholic drinks.

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A former garda who was assaulted by her ex-husband says she will handcuff herself to the gates of Leinster House if he is allowed to keep his job in An Garda Síochána. In an interview with The Irish Times, Margaret Loftus says Trevor Bolger was able to exert power and influence over her right up until the point of sentencing.

As the EU considers how to respond to Donald Trump’s threats to take Greenland, Cliff Taylor observes any form of retaliation will be bad news for Ireland’s economy.

Colin Howell walked into a Co. Derry police station in 2009 and confessed to the murder of his wife and his lover’s husband. Now Freya McClements reports audio of that confession is to be made public for the very first time.

And the sika deer has been added to a list of invasive species that shouldn’t be in the EU. Caroline O’Doherty explains Ireland will now have to come up with a national strategy to cull the breed, which is a major pest in parts of the country.

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The number of Irish people being deported from the US amid Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown has surged, writes Martin Wall.

An Irish citizen, who went back to his native Russia to visit family last August, has been in custody ever since and risks being sent to a forced labour camp, writes Órla Ryan.

The Dublin rioters: Conor Gallagher on who are they and what 82 prosecutions have told us about those involved on the night of November 23rd 2023.

John Fitzgerald, the professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, has spoken of the time he unexpectedly ended up at a cabinet subcommittee in 1983 much to the surprise of his father, the then Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald. And somehow John manages to link this amusing anecdote to the controversial Mercosur deal.

And Rachel O’Dwyer has written a deeply touching article today where she takes issue with the film Hamnet being described disparagingly as “grief porn.”

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As we head into the New Year, The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts; In The News and our more recently released sister podcast Early Edition.

This survey is open to anyone who has listened to either In The News or Early Edition- whether you listen regularly, occasionally, or have listened in the past.

This survey should take around 3-5 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous.

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A selection of today's top stories from The Irish Times.

• Schools must use the preferred name and pronoun of transgender children
• Ireland could create more jobs if it had a better energy supply
• Senior officials at Ireland’s inward investment agency say the jobs market it being held back by constraints in the electricity network
• The company which runs Dublin and Cork airports has until 6 o’clock this evening to file court papers; in relation to the legal action begin taken against it by its suspended CEO
• Greenlanders tell our correspondent Derek Scally what they think of Donald Trumps threats
• The Oscar winning actor Brendan Fraser reveals his Grandad cross the Atlantic to escape the Famine

As we head into the New Year, The Irish Times wants to hear listener feedback on our two news podcasts; In The News and our more recently released sister podcast Early Edition.

This survey is open to anyone who has listened to either In The News or Early Edition- whether you listen regularly, occasionally, or have listened in the past.

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Just one single data centre in west Dublin consumes energy equivalent to 200,000 homes, according to an internal government document seen by The Irish Times. Jack Horgan-Jones reports that’s ten times the electricity consumption of a nearby pharmaceutical plant.

The number of US citizens seeking International Protection in Ireland has quadrupled in the past year. Although the numbers are small, the amount of Americans immigrating to Ireland on visas has spiked by almost 100%. Katie Mellett reports that figure equates to 9,600.

The €750,000 cost of constructing 14 steps and a ramp at a south Dublin park was half a million more than the local authority which developed the project had initially estimated, the National Transport Authority has told Martin Wall.

2026 could be the year you take back control of your devices instead of your devices controlling you, writes Ciara O’Brien. She has these tips to help declutter your digital life, secure your privacy and free up some mental bandwidth.

And the hit ice hockey show Heated Rivalry, featuring a same sex romance, is getting the Patrick Freyne treatment. In a bid to appreciate more “sports”, he says he’s learning about ice hockey from the HBO series. Or as Patrick calls it, Canadian snow hurling.

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A selection of stories from The Irish Times.

• Children in Ireland are waiting years for primary medical assessments
• Extreme weather - The EU’s climate service says Ireland is in for more of it
• Execution of a protestor in Iran is schedule for today, human rights group says
• Dead whales washing up on Irish beaches
• Behind Pierce Brosnan's latest character, the renowned Irish boxing coach Brendan Ingle

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