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

IRELAND

Firefighters tackling a blaze at a historic building in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• The murder trial of Gerry Hutch has been adjourned for a week due to the addition of “significant new evidence” in the last week.
• A man who was extradited from the UK accused of a robbery at Lordship Credit Union nine years ago, during which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was murdered, has had his case transferred for trial at the non-jury Special Criminal Court.
• A teenager who pushed his bike at a teenage girl on a Dart station, causing her to fall off the platform and become briefly trapped beside a train, has been placed under probation supervision for 12 months. 
• The Taoiseach has welcomed comments made by Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker, who has said he is happy to ‘eat humble pie’ in a bid to improve the broken relationship between Britain and Ireland.
• A man has been charged with arson following a fire at a building in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter earlier today. 
• A man who as shot dead in a busy football clubhouse in Belfast has been named locally as Sean Fox.
• Irish Water is investigating reports from some customers in Dublin and Wicklow of an ‘earthy’ taste and smell in their drinking water.
• More than 54,000 Ukrainians have sought refuge in Ireland since the onset of war in their country, data shows.
• A Status Yellow rainfall warning has been issued for three counties. 
• The Department of Public Health Mid-West has launched an investigation following a fatal case of meningococcal disease in a young adult in Limerick.
• People who were adopted, boarded out or subject to an illegal birth registration can access birth certificates and birth and early life information from today.

INTERNATIONAL

UK Chancellor delivering his speech at the Conservative Party annual conference today Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#TAX RATE: Kwasi Kwarteng has urged Tories to “focus on the task in hand” as he battled to restore his authority as British Chancellor after a dramatic u-turn over tax cuts for the rich.

#NORD STREAM: Swedish prosecutors have said they decided to block off the area around the Nord Stream pipeline leaks in the Baltic Sea, while the suspected sabotage was investigated.

#INDONESIA: At least 32 children died in Indonesia’s stadium crush, an official has said as police moved to punish those responsible for one of the deadliest disasters in football history.

PARTING SHOT

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U2 lead singer Bono is going on a 14-city book tour ahead of the launch of his upcoming memoir. 

Kicking off at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Wednesday, 2 November, the Stories of Surrender book tour will make stops in Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The tour will then head to London, Glasgow, Manchester, Berlin, Paris and Dublin, before wrapping on Monday, 28 November in Madrid.

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