News at One

Wildfires have raged through Sicily, southwestern France and central Spain, sparking thousands of evacuations and claiming the life of an Italian firefighter. Irish woman Emily Allen, living in Spain described the ordeal. Elaine Cobbe, journalist based in France spoke to Rachel about situation in the country.

Jack Power from the Irish Times joined us to tell us more about this meeting from Kyiv.

Tipperary's Chief Fire Officer John Shinners described conditions on the mountain today. Our reporter Helen Donohue from County Wicklow gave us the latest on wildfires in the region.

Our midlands correspondent Sinead Hussey joined us to tell us more.

The report co-authored by Oxfam and its CEO Jim Clarjen joined Rachel in studio.

Our reporters Cathal Dowd and Alex Redmond were in Dun Laoghaire in Co Dublin to see what people would like to see in October's budget announcement. We also got analysis from Prof. John Fitzgerald, Adjunct Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin.

There will be €1.5 billion available for reducing tax in the Budget in October, according to the Government's Summer Economic Statement. For more on this, Minister Jack Chambers.

According to the office of the Director of Authorised Intervention in Tuam, twenty two sets of infant remains have been newly discovered, bringing the total number found so far to 99. Our Western Correspondent Pat McGrath has the latest.

For the details on these two arrivals in Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park, we hear from John Leahy, Lead Ranger in Fota Wildlife Park.

Open AI says an autonomous agent powered by its advanced AI models went rogue during a security test last week. For more on this our Work and Technology Correspondent Brian O'Donovan