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

IRELAND

Members of the public enjoy the Culture Night Market outside the Digital Depot in Dublin City Centre. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• The Irish and UK governments published their long-awaited framework to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. 
• SSE Airtricity announced another price hike for electricity customers this year.
• A former lord mayor of Cork picked up a surprise nomination from Waterford City and County Council for the presidential race.
• The Green Party decided to back Independent candidate Catherine Connolly in the upcoming presidential election.
• Junior Minister Michael Healy Rae announced that he will be nominating conservative candidate Maria Steen for president.
• Meanwhile, former Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern said he spent two years preparing for the presidential election and declined to back Jim Gavin.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the public “shouldn’t share their location data” and that the government will “examine” existing legislation.
• The Football Association of Ireland withdrew from a planned appearance before a Joint Oireachtas Committee next Wednesday.

INTERNATIONAL

Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City, by foot and vehicles, carrying their belongings along the coastal road in Nuseirat toward the southern Gaza Strip. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#ESTONIA: NATO said it intercepted three Russian fighter jets that entered Estonian airspace without permission today.

#ISRAEL: Luxembourg activists vowed to “work with friends in Ireland” to prevent the European sale of Israeli bonds being facilitated in the country.

#TRUMP VS LATE NIGHT: US President Donald Trump suggested that broadcasters should lose their licences if they air programmes critical of him.

#LAWSUIT: French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron are planning on presenting photographic and “scientific” evidence to a US court to prove Brigitte is a woman.

PARTING SHOT 

It’s Culture Night!

Culture Night 2025 is here, and we want to make it the best Culture Night to date!

2024 set the bar high, but we think we can do it. Let's make this Culture Night one to remember 💫

⌚ Find last minute events at https://t.co/5f7cHgwsX3#OneNightForAll #OícheDárSaol pic.twitter.com/zLN43r4ORH

— Culture Night (@CultureNight) September 19, 2025

Over 1,700 free events are being held across the country tonight to celebrate the annual event, now in it’s 20th year. 

The Journal has put together some of the top picks.