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

IRELAND

Enoch Burke leaving the Court of Appeal with his family earlier today after his latest application to set aside orders directing him to stay away from Wilson Hospital’s school. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Rishi Sunak is due in Northern Ireland tonight amid growing speculation that a deal between the UK and EU over the controversial post-Brexit Protocol is imminent.
• The Secretary General of the Department of Integration said there is an onus on politicians and Government to challenge the narrative that single males arriving under the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) pose a threat to communities.
• A man denied in court that he intentionally drove into a group of anti-immigration protesters in Dublin and claimed they “threw” themselves in front of his car.
• The Court of Appeal heard the appeal of teacher Enoch Burke against an injunction taken against him by Wilson’s Hospital School, despite concerns about his contempt of court.
• The government is expected to sign off on the upcoming cost-of-living support package next week. 
• Women with a severe vomiting illness during pregnancy are suffering from mental health issues, with some choosing not to continue with their pregnancy, according to a consultant obstetrician at the National Maternity Hospital. 
• The rate of inflation in Ireland is at 7.8%, down slightly compared with previous months.
• Justice Minister Simon Harris accused members of the public who casually use drugs on nights out of “lining the pockets” of criminal gangs. 
• While gardaí uncovered about €2 million worth of cocaine in a Dublin garage allegedly used as an organised criminal group’s drug processing and distribution facility.

INTERNATIONAL

Domestic pigs roam along the roadside in Hampshire, England, a time of year when the animals are allowed to wander in the autumn to feast on fallen acorns (Andrew Matthews/PA)

#WAR IN EUROPE The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said the country would join the offensives in Ukraine “only if attacked” first by Kyiv’s army. 

#NICOLA BULLEY A social media influencer has been arrested and fined after joining the search for the missing mother, as police criticise speculation around the case.

#SPAIN It has become the first European country to approve a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain.

#OPERATIC A troupe in Hanover, Germany has parted ways with its award-winning ballet director after he smeared dog poo on a critic’s face in response to a bad review. 

PARTING SHOT 

The team behind The Journal’s six-part podcast series Redacted Lives are in the Pearse Centre in Dublin this evening for an in-person discussion of the work joined by a live audience. 

The series explored mother and baby homes, telling the stories of people who passed through the system and the impact that has reverberated down the decades since. 

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