Iran chooses a new leader, fatalities on Ireland’s roads and the cost of Storm Chandra

Early Edition with Andrew McNair: a selection of our top stories on Monday.

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A plume of smoke rises in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, March 8, 2026, after overnight strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces targeted multiple oil storage depots. Photograph: Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times.
A plume of smoke rises in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, March 8, 2026, after overnight strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces targeted multiple oil storage depots. Photograph: Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as his successor, according to Iranian state media. Israel has vowed to target whomever take on the role.

The heads of the National Library, the National Museum and IMMA say they’re struggling to cover their pension bills and have asked the Government to step in.

Road safety campaigner and Irish Times columnist Sinead O’Sullivan has mapped fatalities on Ireland’s roads last year and writes today about five demands the campaign at stoproaddeaths.ie makes of politicians to tackle the issue.

The cost of repairs to infrastructure damaged by Storm Chandra could exceed €60 million.

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