EVERY DAY TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of the day’s main news – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed.

• The National Roads Authority and Dublin City Council are preparing for winter snow and ice: the NRA said it has enough salt to cover roads for three normal seasons, while the council are to meet tomorrow to discuss measures to ensure citizens are protected from any harsh conditions this winter.
• The Irish government is to withdraw its commitment to pay towards a major road linking Co Monaghan with Co Derry – backing out of an agreement made in 2006 to share the cost of the project with the British government. The move has been greeted with disappointment, with Fianna Fáil Donegal Senator Brian Ó Dohmnaill today describing the A5 road as an “essential piece of infrastructure” for the region.
• About 48 per cent of multinationals in Ireland will employ new staff during 2012, according to a new survey by the Irish Management Institute and NIB.
• Cork city officials have asked the Occupy Cork protesters, who have been demonstrating at the junction of South Mall and Grand Parade for a month, to leave the public space where they have been camped. Protesters have said that they have “no intention of leaving” and will resist any attempt to make them in a non-violent manner.
• The government has refused to intervene over the appointment of Kevin Cardiff to the European Court of Auditors, saying that it is the responsibility of the “relevant committee in the European Parliament” to scrutinise his nomination. The role is usually a 6 year term with a salary of over €180,000, plus expenses, allowances and a generous pension.

It is the third anniversary of the death of Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan, who was brutally murdered in a case of mistaken identity in November 2008. To mark the day, his mother Mary Geoghegan, the Mayor of Limerick Jim Long, and Margaret Walsh (pictured) unveiled of the ‘Pitch for Shane’ art project in his memory.

Members of the public from all over Ireland, and the world, contributed to the installation – which consists of over 20,000 clay figurines. The exhibition runs from until 3 December in Istabraq Hall, Limerick City Council, Merchants Quay.

Images: Press 22

• The outgoing Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou, has made an address to the nation in which he has insisted his country will do “whatever is required” to remain a part of the eurozone. However, Papandreou refused to give details about who will become the country’s next premier.
• A video copy of a 1995 interview with Steve Jobs has been recently discovered: “Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview,” will be shown in US movie theatres later this month. We’ve dug out some of the footage…
• Photographer David Creedon travelled around Ireland to explore the homes left empty by death or emigration. See his haunting images here.
• Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan wore a Louis Copeland suit made out of hemp to the Dáil today to highlight the ten year anniversary of his campaign to have cannabis legalised in Ireland. Flanagan said that the suit was “very comfortable, excellent material, and it’ll be my attire for many an occasion from now on”.

Surfing legend Garrett McNamara has broken the world record for the largest wave ever surfed: McNamara was reportedly towed into a rouge wave off the Portuguese coast yesterday – but the 90 foot wall of water was no match for him.

(McNamara is Massachusetts-born but we reckon with a name like that we can probably claim him as our own…)

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