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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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

IRELAND

NO REPRO FEE 016 Dublin Book Festival 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

INTERNATIONAL

musk-twitter 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. 

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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.