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

IRELAND

Mural Artist Andrew Greaves pictured putting the final touches to a newly commissioned mural by illustrator and author Jennifer Farley at Poolbeg lighthouse, commissoned by Dublin Port Company, to mark Dublin Book Festival which runs 8-13 November. Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The Government will nominate the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe for a second term as President of the Eurogroup.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the decision to close the Garda college pool to the people of Templemore is “very regrettable” and that he will intervene to find a way to reopen it.
• A 16-year-old boy who stabbed Urantsetseg Tserendorj as she walked home from work attempted to rob a second woman a short time later, his murder trial heard.
• Three young men who drove a vulnerable teenager to an isolated beach and took turns gang raping her have been jailed for between nine and 10 years. 
• Met Éireann warned of localised flooding occurring across the country due to further rainfall this weekend.
• Justice Minister Helen McEntee said that a special taskforce being set up to deal with street crime in Dublin is the gardaí ensuring their response is “adequate” and “appropriate” to concerns raised about Dublin city centre.
• The Adoption Authority of Ireland claimed that the deadlines in new legislation for adoptees to get their birth information were “too tight”.
• A public consultation on a scheme to disregard historic convictions of gay and bisexual men was launched.

INTERNATIONAL

People walk outside Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. Jeff Chiu / PA Jeff Chiu / PA / PA

#JOB LOSSES Twitter began cutting jobs around the world, including at its Irish offices, in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover and his major shake-up of the platform.

#PAKISTAN Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan accused his successor of involvement in a plot to kill him as he recovered in hospital from gunshot wounds following an assassination attempt.

#UKRAINE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s energy network left around 4.5 million people without power.

#FRANCE A French far-right MP was suspended from the country’s parliament for 15 days, the maximum penalty, after he made a racist remark during a legislative session.

PARTING SHOT

Yesterday, the plan by Mars Wrigley to remove Bounty bars from Celebrations tubs as part of a pre-Christmas trial shocked many chocolate lovers and divided opinion across the country.

The company found that 39% of consumers wanted the coconut chocolate removed for good from the Christmas tub, adding that 58% believed a family argument would be started if only Bounty bars were left in the tin.

The Journal ran a poll on the matter this morning, asking our readers if they were a fan of a Bounty bar, and over 60% said they were. 

If you want to voice your love of the Bounty, or if you despise the coconut chocolate and want to voice your disgust, you can have your say here.