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Watch: news2day Friday, 8 May 2026 - Culture Day at a Kildare school, a glow-in-the-dark sliotar and the Greenland shark.

On the final news2day of the week we head to Culture Day at a Kildare school, meet the inventor of the glow-in-the-dark sliotar and we find out about the Greenland shark.

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Confey College in Co Kildare held its annual Culture Day in which students and teachers came together to celebrate the diversity of the school so Florence went along to join in on the fun!

A glow-in-the-dark sliotar has won top prize at this year's Student Enterprise National Finals. Glo Ball was designed by 16-year-old Cathal Sweeney, who is a student at Mungret Community College in Co Limerick.

Read more here!

You might remember the story about the Greenland shark that washed ashore in Sligo. It was the first time it had happened so news2day asked an expert to tell us more.

You can learn more about the Greenland shark here and about the sharks around Ireland here.

There's lots more content from the show, including an archive, at rte.ie/news2day.

Watch news2day weekdays during the school term at 4.20pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.