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A woman (news2day presenter Florence Okojie) wearing a light green jumper and a man (news2day presenter Cathal Dowd) wearing a green jumper poses with his arms folded smiling at the camera in a TV studio

news2day: Florence and Cathal bring you the news show for kids

news2day presented by Florence Okojie and Cathal Dowd is the news show for kids - weekdays at 4.20pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

Children being interviewed in class by news2day

Watch: news2day Thursday, 22 January 2026

A girl works on an art collage with help from two women.

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School children look at a special flag.

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Musicians play traditional Irish music in a classroom with children sitting listening.

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TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 15: A view of giant banner, featuring an image of the Iranian flag and the slogan reading 'Iran is our homeland, the flag is our shroud' at Enghelab Square in the capital Tehran, Iran on January 15, 2026. Iran has been rocked by wav

news2day Explainer: What is going on in Iran?

news2day Explainer

Houses of many colors dot the hillside surounding the village of Qaqortoq, Greenland

news2day Explainer: Why is Greenland in the news?

A poster with text saying Walk in my Shoes

Watch: news2day Friday, 16 January 2026

A student interviews a person interview for a school podcast

Watch: news2day Thursday, 15 January 2026

Two school children interviews on news2day at a road safety event. One on the left dressed as a traffic cone.

Watch: news2day Wednesday, 14 January 2026

A classroom in the forest

Watch: news2day Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Young scientist winner

Watch: news2day Monday, 12 January 2026

A march in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro takes place in Caracas

news2day Explainer: What's happening in Venezuela?

news2day Explainer

Aoibheann Daly, with her mother Anne, after winning of the 2026 Stripe Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, for her project “GlioScope: Multi-task Deep Learning and Causal AI for Glioma & Glioblastoma Profiling”. The winning project “GlioScope” he

Student wins Young Scientist with cancer diagnosis tool

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A school celebrates its 50th birthday. The Teddy Bear Hospital is open in Galway. More news on Greenland and we finish with a cute animal story!

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news2day Thursday, 22 January 2026

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news2day Monday, 19 January 2026

news2day Explainer: Why is Greenland in the news?

news2day Explainer: Why is Greenland in the news?

news2day Explainer: What is going on in Iran?

news2day Explainer: What is going on in Iran?

news2day Explainer: What's happening in Venezuela?

news2day Explainer: What's happening in Venezuela?

news2day Friday, 16 January 2026

news2day Friday, 16 January 2026

news2day Thursday, 15 January 2026

news2day Thursday, 15 January 2026

news2day Wednesday, 14 January 2026

news2day Wednesday, 14 January 2026

news2day Tuesday, 13 January 2026

news2day Tuesday, 13 January 2026

news2day Monday, 12 January 2026

news2day Monday, 12 January 2026

news2day: The EU-Mercosur trade deal explained

news2day: The EU-Mercosur trade deal explained

news2day Review of the Year 2025

news2day Review of the Year 2025

news2day Explainer: Australian kids banned from social media

news2day Explainer: Australian kids banned from social media

news2day's Iran-Israel Explainer

news2day's Iran-Israel Explainer

news2day Explainer: Understanding Ireland's PR voting system

news2day Explainer: Understanding Ireland's PR voting system

news2day: How to process sad news stories

news2day: How to process sad news stories

news2day Explainer: War in Ukraine

news2day Explainer: War in Ukraine

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TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 15: A view of giant banner, featuring an image of the Iranian flag and the slogan reading 'Iran is our homeland, the flag is our shroud' at Enghelab Square in the capital Tehran, Iran on January 15, 2026. Iran has been rocked by wav

news2day Explainer: What is going on in Iran?

news2day Explainer

Houses of many colors dot the hillside surounding the village of Qaqortoq, Greenland

news2day Explainer: Why is Greenland in the news?

Close-up of unrecognizable white man checking the price of ground beef at supermarket

What is the EU-Mercosur trade deal?

A notification on the Instagram app on a smartphone arranged in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Australia’s social media ban for youths took effect on Dec. 10, a landmark move that’s drawn global attention at a time governments are increasin

news2day Explainer: Australia bans social media for kids

Donald Trump's tariffs could cause a trade war...

Updated news2day: Donald Trump's tariffs explained

Who will fill the seats of Seanad Éireann?

news2day Explainer: What is the Seanad?

It's time to vote on 7 June- news2day explains it all!

The Local and European Elections explained for kids

People are voting in the US Election.

news2day is here to explain the US Election

Watch: Three news2day explainers on Palestine

Watch: Three news2day explainers on Palestine

news2day explainer: What is the cost of living crisis?

news2day explainer: What is the cost of living crisis?

news2day explainer: What is happening in Ukraine?

news2day explainer: What is happening in Ukraine?