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Watch: news2day Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Meet the GOAL Jersey Day winner. Why is Greenland in the news? And we have a report from the Stripe YSTE.

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Florence headed down to Scoil Assaim BNS, where she met with Frank Coone who was this year's GOAL Jersey Day winner!The national competition encourages pupils to reach for their paints and pencils and to also raise money to help support vulnerable communities worldwide!

Greenland has been in the news headlines a lot this week.Despite a small population of just over 56,000 people - that's just slightly more than you would fit in the Aviva Stadium here - Greenland is now one of the top items on US President Donald Trump's 2026 agenda. Here's all you need to know.

The 2026 Strip YSTE kicked off today in the RDS Dublin. Over 1,000 students are presenting 550 projects and Brian was there for news2day. Cathal will be there at news2day tomorrow at 10am so do pop over to say hi if you see him!

There's lots more content from the show, including an archive, on the news2day website.

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