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

IRELAND

Scenes from a Garda exercise in Drogheda Port which involved rescuing two hostages. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• 86,000 had to boil their water to make it safe
• Over 800 Irish citizens caught up in international incidents last year
• A teenager died in a Cork car crash
• We asked you if you thought pornography was dangerous for young people
• Gold medallist Katie Taylor will turn professional next month
• A Kerry TD blamed holes in the ozone layer on nuclear weapons testing
• The purity of Ireland’s illicit street drugs was revealed in a special report
• Gardai are hunting a flasher who exposed himself to two women
• There are fears after insulation bales were stolen days before Halloween

INTERNATIONAL 

Smoke rises over the Calais Jungle, as several large fires broke out in the near deserted migrant camp. PA PA

#CALAIS: Warnings have been given by human rights groups that children in the migrant camp are at serious risk

#HONG KONG: New details emerged at the trial of a British banker accused of murdering two sex workers

#BAKE OFF: The Great British Bake Off ended in its current form yesterday and people aren’t happy

#LONDON: Police made arrests after fighting broke out at a match between West Ham  and Chelsea

INNOVATION 

• It was announced today that 6-second-app Vine is to be discontinued
• Tesla electric cars have been handed a boost after a surge in sales

PARTING SHOT 

The clocks might be going back this weekend and the days are getting shorter. But it also means we get to see night skies such as this.

Thanks to Kate Malone for sending this picture of Dartry, Dublin, this evening.

Dusk in Dartry, Dublin, this evening

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