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Watch: news2day Thursday, 11 December 2025

A fundraiser that's a cut above. Dublin Zoo help a hippo see better. And a special report from Nigeria.

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Here's some hair-raising fundraising! Cathal met up with two brothers, who have raised thousands of euro for the Children's Hospice LauraLynn, by getting a very special haircut.

Dublin Zoo has performed the first ever recorded cataract surgery on a common hippopotamus worldwide.

Imani, an 18-year-old female hippo, underwent the historic cataract surgery at Dublin Zoo in August and has since made a full recovery. RTÉ's Dimitri O'Donnell tells us more.

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