NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Shona Hamill pictured at the launch of Tayto Park's 2016 Halloween schedule today Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

• Three men have been convicted of the murder of 64-year-old Offaly man Thomas Dooley
• The majority of people are not feeling positive about tomorrow’s budget
• The Central Bank has fined KBC Ireland €1.4 million for “repeated breaches” of lending codes
• Tributes have been paid and a vigil is being held in memory of the 10 victims of the Carrickmines halting site fire on its first anniversary
• A 23-year-old student has been charged with the murder of aspiring DJ Leo Carolan last week
• Former Cork footballer James Masters has claimed he was viciously attacked on a GAA field because he is a serving Garda
• Gardaí catch 24 times more motorists breaking red lights in Dublin than they do cyclists
• A bank manager who stole over €125,000 from friends and customers has been given a suspended sentence
• Gardaí have arrested a motorcyclist caught doing 218 km/h in Limerick
• A man who raped his young son and imprisoned him in a box has been jailed for 14 years
• Irish Water has put out a tender for a debt collection agency
• Brexit Britain wants to move its tough border controls to Ireland
• 134  jobs are on the way for Limerick
• A 35-year-old man appeared in court over a fatal stabbing in Waterford
• Some families on the housing waiting list are to be offered the chance to build their own homes

WORLD

Mike Pence speaking in Charlotte, North Carolina, today Nell Redmond Nell Redmond

#THE DEBATE: America reeled in the aftermath of a bruising debate encounter between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

#FRANKFURT: Five people have gone on trial over an exorcism death in the German city

#GORBACHEV: The former Soviet premier has warned of the ‘dangerous’ consequences of tensions between the US and Russia

#PENCE: The Republican vice presidential nominee has denied he ever considered quitting the party ticket after the emergence of Trump’s 2005 video

INNOVATION

• Samsung has responded to reports that the batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 have been exploding
• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says his former company was right to drop the standard headphone jack from the iPhone 7 [Techradar]

PARTING SHOT

This Donald Trump parody Twitter account has quit because it “feels bad” and thinks the real thing is “not actually funny”. This is not what normally happens with parody accounts.

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