Updated 23.30pm

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

Getting up close to a tarantula at NUI Galway’s ‘Scientist for a Day’ workshop was Aoibhin Connolly from Moycullen, Co. Galway. Aengus McMahon Aengus McMahon

IRELAND

• An Italian man who caused a security alert on a flight to Dublin by writing ‘Attenzione Ebola’ on a coffee cup was spared a conviction.
• One TD said tomorrow’s water charges protests will attract more than 100,000 people.
• Minister Joan Burton said water charges will be modest.
• Mairia Cahill claimed her abuser was given money and moved out of Northern Ireland.
• A woman was hit by a lorry in Dublin and is in critical condition.
• A severely brain damaged 13-year-old girl who cannot walk or talk settled in the High Court for €5.2m in damages. [RTÉ]
• The family of an Irish woman launched a High Court action after her image was used in a Hollywood horror film without their consent.
• The Nursing and Midwifery Board withdrew its allegation that a director of care at a Longford Nursing Home attended work while under the influence of alcohol. [RTÉ]
• A separated father with joint custody was wrongly granted single person rent allowance.
• Ireland committed another €1 million to the fight against Ebola.
• Waterford politicians issued a warning about vigilantism following last weekend’s Roma mob.
• SIPTU asked nurses and midwives to reject a 50% increase in the registration fee.
• This Halloween is the warmest one in Ireland for almost 20 years.

INTERNATIONAL

Fire brigade at the scene of a fire at a fireworks factory in Stafford. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UK: Two bodies were found after a fireworks factory went on fire.

#CALIFORNIA: One pilot has died after the Virgin Galactic spaceplane crashed during a test flight.

#UK: A lot of UK firefighters are out on strike tonight.

#MONTREAL: A woman sued Google after a Street View image showed her exposed breast was uploaded online.

INNOVATION

• We’ve all had a case of the hiccups at one point or another. Here’s how we get them and how to stop them. [Vox.com]
• A Dutch engineer has created a flying defibrillator for emergency situations. [TechCrunch]

PARTING SHOT

It’s Halloween, in case you hadn’t noticed. Here are some of the scary, mad and cute costumes the kids are rocking this year.

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