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

Taoiseach Micheál Martin sitting with children from the local creche as he hosts the Child Poverty and Well-being Summit in the Axis Arts and Community Resource Centre in Ballymun. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• The National Transport Authority announced that adult fares on buses and trains nationwide will increase by an average of 15% from January.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Russia is “becoming more reckless” in its continuing war on Ukraine and poses an “existential threat” to eastern countries in the European Union.
• Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan claimed the courts are “operating effectively” despite the solicitors’ strike over changes to the criminal legal aid fee model.
• Tánaiste Simon Harris said Ireland is “out of kilter” with other countries when it comes to the higher rate of income tax kicking in for workers.
• Labour proposed a €100 monthly shopping supplement for working families as part of a cost-of-living package in the upcoming budget.
• New data from the Residential Tenancies Board showed that new tenants were paying on average €326 more per month than sitting tenants earlier this year.
• This summer was the hottest one Ireland has seen across 127 years of weather records.
• A 17-year-old boy who allegedly drove a stolen BMW car at speed the wrong way down the N40 in Cork city for a period of 600 metres was refused bail.
• US President Donald Trump will pay a visit to the Áras when he arrives in Ireland on Saturday week. 

INTERNATIONAL

Residents commute across the Trishuli River on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#ICELAND: An Irish woman was among three young people who were killed in a single-vehicle collision close to the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík.

#MIDDLE EAST: Iran attacked US military bases in Kuwait, despite Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war.

#FOOTBALL: Fifa accused Uefa of a “smear campaign” and a “fishing expedition” after European football’s governing body asked US judges to force it to hand over documents related to its failed World Cup investor plan.

#SNL: CMAT was announced as the musical guest for the first episode of season two of Saturday Night Live UK.

#RIP: Gloria Steinem, the legendary feminist activist, died at the age of 92.

PARTING SHOT

We’re a little over 48 hours away from Katie Taylor’s final fight in Croke Park.

In case you missed it, the headline performers for the entertainment at the Bray native’s last professional bout were announced today - and they have a few stone-cold bangers…