NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a roundup of today’s news.

IRELAND

Charlie Bird, who recieved the freedom of Wicklow, with his wife Claire and dog Tiger. MICHAEL KELLY MICHAEL KELLY

• Budget 2023 will take place tomorrow and The Journal has the detail on what is known so far and what is still being worked out.
• One of the measures is set to be the provision of free school books for all primary school children, a move that has been widely welcomed.
• Charlie Bird was conferred with the Freedom of County Wicklow. He is only the third recipient of this honour, after Daniel Day-Lewis and Katie Taylor.
• A 21-year-old man has been charged with a string of road traffic and criminal damage offences which allegedly occurred in Fermoy, Co Cork last Saturday.
• The owners of a disused Dublin building that had been illegally occupied and used by a group calling itself the Revolutionary Housing League as accommodation for the homeless have regained possession of the property.
• A Dublin youth has been accused of risking Garda lives by speeding a car at two officers and then waiting for them to approach on foot before driving at them again, during an incident in January.
• Tobacco and alcohol with an estimated value of over €300,000 was seized at Rosslare Europort.
• Ireland’s Ambassador to the UK stressed the need to find a negotiated solution to the problems surrounding Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit arrangements.
• Housing prices were largely stable between June and September, according to the latest sales report by Daft.ie, with an average listed price nationwide in the third quarter of this year of €311,514.

INTERNATIONAL

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#ITALY Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister. Here’s our guide to what you need to know about her.

#INFLATION The Bank of England will change interest rates ‘as much as needed’ to get inflation back under control from current runaway levels, after a market rout sparked by the UK Government’s mini budget.

#UKRAINEWAR An overnight drone strike near the Ukrainian port of Odesa has sparked a massive fire and explosion, military officials said.

#RUSSIA At least 15 people have died, including 11 children, after a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk in central Russia.

#HURRICANE Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early on Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week.

#PHILIPPINES Five rescuers have died after Typhoon Noru blew through the northern Philippines.

PARTING SHOT

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Jupiter should be visible tonight as it comes its closest to Earth in 60 years.

The largest planet in our solar system will come within 590 million kilometres of Earth during an event known as ‘opposition’.

Opposition occurs when Jupiter, Earth and the sun align in such a way that both planets are on the same side as the sun, with Earth in the middle.

Here’s our guide for amateur stargazers hoping to catch a glimpse.