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

IRELAND

Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithí de Róiste at the official opening of Clery’s Christmas Window on O’Connell Street. Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes Israel is “making a huge mistake” in relation to Gaza and Palestine, and noted that even the US is having “second thoughts” about what is unfolding.
• The salary of Jonathan Hill, the chief executive of the FAI, has increased by almost 23% to €258,000 since he first took the job in 2020, he told an Oireachtas Sport Committee today. 
• A youth has been spared a custodial sentence for an attack on a Dublin street where a Chinese man was beaten up in front of his daughter and racially abused.
• A 19-year-old man has been remanded in custody after gardaí charged him with causing “serious harm” to a man who suffered fatal injuries in a stabbing at a house in Tallaght, Dublin.
• A man has been arrested following the seizure of over €4.1 million worth of cannabis at Rosslare Europort. 
• PSNI officers investigating the murder of a young nursing assistant in Lurgan have arrested a 30-year-old woman on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. 
• The PSNI will have to stop providing assistance to other police forces if a funding crisis is not resolved, Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said.
• The FSAI has recalled a batch of Tesco Finest Cranberry & Apple Stuffing due to the possible presence of moths in the product. 
• A special exhibition dedicated to Shane MacGowan and The Pogues is open in Dublin’s privately run EPIC Irish emigration museum until the end of January. 

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinians salvage their belongings after an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#COP28: Almost 200 countries at COP28 have agreed for the world to transition away from fossil fuels.

#ISRAEL: US President Joe has warned that Israel is losing international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza.

#TESLA: Tesla has initiated a recall of over two million vehicles in the United States due to a risk linked to its autopilot software, the US traffic safety regulator has said.

#DEATH: Andre Braugher, who starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Homicide: Life On The Street, has died at the age of 61.

PARTING SHOT

As noted above, almost 200 have reached a landmark agreement, that the world should transition away from fossil fuels.

The negotiations went on right through the night – and the final text calls for “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner”.

The Journal‘s Lauren Boland speaks on this week’s episode of The Explainer podcast to to break down exactly what this means – and the likelihood of achieving its goals.

Listen here.

https://soundcloud.com/the-explainer-podcast/has-the-cop28-deal-really-ended-the-reign-of-fossil-fuels