Updated 23.00pm
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRISH
- The Energy Regulator said the deadline for water charges applications will be extended until the end of November.
- A man was charged over the killing of an elderly couple at their Donegal home.
- The woman killed in a road accident involving a Garda car chase in Kildare last night was named as Diana Harton.
- An appeal by Liam Adams against his conviction for raping his daughter will take place next year. [RTÉ]
- Dublin City Council is confiscating timber and tyres in the run up to Halloween.
- The chances of Ebola reaching Ireland are very low.
- Permanent TSB will need to find €800 million after failing bank stress test.
- The Minister for Time has reminded us to put the clocks back on Sunday.
- A row between two families resulted in a stabbing at Cork University Hospital.
- People were awarded for acts of bravery today.
- A local GAA club is helping out Orange Lodge after a vicious arson attack.
- A video of two priests in an epic Irish dancing battle has gone viral.
INTERNATIONAL
#US: A doctor in New York who recently returned from West Africa has tested positive for Ebola.
#SEATTLE: A shooter opened fire at a US high school.
#UK: Prime minister David Cameron said there’s no way England is paying a surprise bill from the EU.
#NEW YORK: A man who charged at four police officers with a hatchet was shot dead.
INNOVATION
- Always wanted a go on the hover board in Back to the Future? Here’s how one works. [Wired.com]
- Facebook has launched a new, anonymous chat room app.
PARTING SHOT
This law professor who teaches human rights law went to Ferguson to protect protesters and ended up getting arrested himself. [Vox.com]
First published 21.00pm
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