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There were 8000 arrests of suspected shoplifters in the past year. Vincent Jennings, Chief Executive of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association, gives his reaction. 

There were 8000 arrests of suspected shoplifters in the past year. Vincent Jennings, Chief Executive of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association, gives his reaction. 

A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe plunged into the Sun's outer atmosphere on Christmas Eve, enduring brutal temperatures and extreme radiation in a quest to better our understanding of how the Sun works. 

The Health Service Executive has published its annual report for Organ Donation Transplants in Ireland. The figures are down slightly from 2023, and of the 263 transplants, 175 of them were kidney transplants. 

Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip overnight killed at least 20 people, Palestinian medics have said. One of the airstrikes hit a tent camp in Al-Mawasi with eight people being killed including two children. Margaret Harris from the WHO joined us to discuss the latest. 

Eimer McCauley, RTÉ Reporter, gives an update on a very special gift this Christmas.