With most salaries expected to remain 'steady' next year, the Indo highlights sectors expecting pay increases of up to 11% in 2025, while there was shock expressed yesterday as Dublin's Capuchin Day Centre ran out of tickets for the Christmas food parcel. All 3,000 were gone by 9.30 yesterday morning.

A new report shows that cyclists and e-scooter users are 11 times more likely to sustain severe and serious injuries in road traffic collisions than motorists, while in UK news, civilian staff at Metropolitan Police, represented by PCS, have voted to go on strike in a row over plans to limit access to remote working. 

Our colleague Aisling Cusack is scheduled to be on RTE's Claire Byrne programme this morning (at around 11.15am), so do tune in and show your support if you can. On the agenda, the four day week.

Zen

Fontaines DC played a triumphant homecoming at the Point last weekend. 

Have a great day.

Niall