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EU ministers strike deal on 2013 fish quotas

Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, discusses the tough all-night negotiations that led to this morning's deal between EU fisheries ministers

Irish fishermen give guarded welcome to overnight deal

Sean O'Donoghue, Irish Fish Producers Organisation, reacts to the new deal agreed in Brussels

Dáil to sit for last time in 2012 today

Mícheál Lehane of RTÉ's political staff looks ahead to what's in store when the Dáil resumes next year

Dáil end-of-term report card

Lise Hand, Irish Independent, and Sarah McInerney, Sunday Times, review what was a memorable Dáil term, sometimes for the wrong reasons

New rules for vetting people who work with children

Fergus Finlay, CEO of Barnardos, welcomes new vetting legislation for those working with children but raises concerns about its scope

Insurance industry at odds with Govt over new pyrite levy

Michael Horan, non-life manager with the Irish Insurance Federation, says the Government's pyrite levy proposal is 'unacceptable and unjust'

Outstanding outdoor achievements honoured

Joan O'Sullivan reports from the Outsider Magazine People of the Year awards, which were held last night in Dublin

How to avoid overweight baggage costs

Eimear Collins, opera singer, describes the lengths she went to, to avoid excess baggage charges when she returned home to Cork for Christmas

Ireland has highest birth rate in EU

Professor Michael Turner, Director of HSE Obstetrics and Gynaecology, says the perinatal statistics from 2011 contain a number of positives

Dublin Airport enters its busy Christmas period

Siobhán Moore, Communications Manager at Dublin Airport Authority, says passengers should follow airport guidelines if they plan on flying this holiday season

How to prepare for the end of the world

Jackie Fox reports on the Mayan prophecy which says the world will end tomorrow

Weather forecast

Presented by Siobhan Ryan of Met Éireann

8am News Bulletin

Presented by Brian Jennings