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Watch: news2day Thursday, 30 January 2025

Get set for the Lunar New Year. An explainer on the Seanad. Working to get water and power back. Rugby news and a panda parade.

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Yesterday marked the beginning of the Lunar New Year. So, went along to the Central Model Senior School in Dublin who were preparing to celebrate the year of the snake.

The Seanad is the upper house of the Oireachtas and has 60 Members, who are known as Senators. And, now that the Dáil is in place there will be an election to pick those Senators. But, how does it work and what happens there? Molly explains it all.

Storm Éowyn has left people still without power or water. And, the CAO deadline has been extended for students affected by it. The Six Nations starts tomorrow and Ireland play England on Saturday. We hear from the camp.

And, we finish with a fun story from China where 20 panda cubs were on parade!

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