The 9 at 9 Dublin Airport delays, Palestinian statehood at the UN and Trump to lead tributes to Charlie Kirk…

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

Dublin Airport

1. Passengers heading to Dublin Airport today should expect delays after a Europe-wide technical issue affected baggage and check-in systems. 

UN General Assembly 

2. Global leaders will descend on New York City this week for high-level discussions on the biggest global issues of our time, including the genocide taking place in Gaza. 

Nato-Russia tensions

3. Russian fighter jets ignored signals from Italian jets responding from Nato’s Baltic Air Policing Mission when they violated Estonian airspace, a senior Estonian military official has said.

Renting

4. Attempts by a south Dublin letting agent to introduce fees of more than €200 for anyone leaving their tenancy mid-lease have been sent forward to the regulator for the private rental sector, following pushback by one tenant and a leading renters’ body.

Charlie Kirk

5. Donald Trump and top officials in his administration will lead tributes to Charlie Kirk today at a stadium gathering in Arizona, after the influential conservative activist was gunned down last week.

Housing crisis

6. Most of the big brains dedicated to solving Ireland’s housing crisis normally agree on one thing. Maybe we should – get this! – build more houses??

Cost of living 

7.  The Journal has heard about the difficulties facing older people ahead of the winter months due to the cost of living crisis.

Freedom of the press

8. The Pentagon unveiled new restrictions on media covering the US military, requiring them to pledge not to disclose anything not formally authorised for publication and limiting their movements within the Department of War.

Voices

9. When we get pulled along by the chaos of modern life, we lose the parts of human existence that give us meaning, writes James O’Connell of the Sanctuary meditation centre.

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