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

IRELAND

The Gaiety Theatre announced that its Christmas pantomime this year will be Beauty and the Beast with performances from 23 November until 4 January 2026. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Projections released by the Department of Finance said Ireland’s population could grow to between 6 million and 7.59 million by the year 2065.
• Donald Trump’s golf resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare was confirmed as the venue of next year’s Amgen Irish Open.
• Electric Ireland announced a 4% cut to gas prices.
• Dublin City Council warned of “false reports” circulating online about a new housing development in Clonshaugh.
• Only two candidates campaigning for the presidency are confirmed to be vying for backing from Fingal County Council this week.
• A row is brewing between the government coalition partners over the introduction of a ‘Netflix levy’ on streaming services.
• Dublin Airport apologised and said that it is contacting thousands of customers who were all overcharged for parking during ‘flash sales’ earlier this year.
• A 77-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl on five occasions in 2022 was sent forward for trial. 

INTERNATIONAL

Police and Military Police secure parts of a damaged UAV shot down by Polish authorities at a site in Wohyn, Poland. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#WAR IN UKRAINE: Poland’s foreign minister said that the overnight intrusion of several Russian drones into the country’s airspace was “not an accidental event”.

#STRASBOURG: Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union speech to warn Israel that famine “can never be a weapon of war”.

#YEMEN: Nine people died and over a hundred people were injured after Israel launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. 

#GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA: A Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists, including Irish participants, came under attack for a second time.

#EPSTEIN: The British ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson said a resurfaced birthday message in which he described paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as his “best pal” is “very embarrassing to see and to read”.

PARTING SHOT

It’s been a good 48 hours for CMAT. 

After the chartopping Irish singer performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live in the US last night, she was shortlisted for a Mercury Prize for album of the year this morning.