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

IRELAND

Linda Kennedy, Padraig Murphy, Lisa Rowe, Debbie Egan, Catherine Coomey pictured at Focus Ireland’s Big Rebel Swim at Garryvoe beach. Alison Miles / OSM PHOTO Alison Miles / OSM PHOTO / OSM PHOTO

• Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said he is “worried” about the government’s ability to deliver 30,000 homes next year. Varadkar added that he is “confident” this year’s housing target will be exceeded.
• A HSE home care assistant has been charged in connection with three separate post office robberies in Cork over the last ten days. He allegedly committed the offences in order to fund a trip to the States to see his fiancée whom he had met online.
• Meath County Council is still trying to figure out why a bridge built to last a century failed after little more than twenty years and had to be quickly removed. The Millennium Bridge in Trim had to be shut this summer after an inspection found it was at immediate risk of collapse.
• Four men have been charged following a “significant” PSNI operation targeting the East Belfast UVF. Eight firearms, a large quantity of ammunition, three pipe bombs, balaclavas and UVF flags and emblems were seized.
• A man who was arrested following the seizure of €45,000 in cash and two cars in a house in Meath has been released without charge.
• Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rain warning for the entire country tomorrow. The alert is valid from 3am on Monday morning, until 8pm tomorrow night.

INTERNATIONAL

Crime tape set up near an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Spring where a shooting occurred late Saturday night. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#MASSSHOOTING A gunman who opened fire inside an LGBTQ Colorado nightclub, killing at least five people, was stopped by two “heroic” people inside the club.

#COP27 A fraught UN summit wrapped up today with a landmark deal on funding to help vulnerable countries cope with devastating climate impacts – but also anger over a failure to be more ambitious on cutting emissions.

#TRUMPTWITTER Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated after the platform’s new owner Elon Musk ran a poll in which a narrow majority of voters supported the move.

#RECALLS Meanwhile, in the latest trouble to hit the electric vehicle giant led by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, Tesla recalled more than 321,000 vehicles in the United States because of a tail light issue.

#UKRAINE UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi has denounced the “targeted” strikes at Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, calling for a “stop to this madness”.

PARTING SHOT

Comedian Joe Lycett has appeared to shred £10,000 of his own money after he presented David Beckham with an ultimatum to pull out of his role as a Qatar ambassador or he would destroy the cash.

The comic set the former England footballer a deadline of midday on 20 November to take action after it was reported Beckham had signed a controversial £10 million deal with the Fifa World Cup hosts.

Lycett offered to donate £10,000 (€11,491) of his own money to LGBTQ+ charities if Beckham ended the sponsorship before the tournament started, and if not he said he would livestream himself shredding the money along with Beckham’s “status as gay icon”.

Homosexuality is still illegal in Qatar and anyone found participating in same-sex sexual activity can be punished with up to seven years in prison.

Meanwhile, the World Cup kicked off today with a 2-0 defeat for the hosts against Ecuador.  

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