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

IRELAND

At the announcement of GoFundMe celebrating 5 million donations in Ireland, GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan holds Mabel, as she give Vivienne Sheridan from Dogs Aid in Finglas as kiss. Also in picture is Aldo the jack russell and Evelyn Darcy . Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• A female pedestrian was killed last night in a hit-and-run incident in north Dublin in a case that has since been referred to the Garda Ombudsman.
• In a separate incident, a man in his 40s died following a road traffic collision in Co Tipperary this afternoon.
• Leo Varadkar  suggested that Ireland may opt to give financial contributions to other EU member states to help accommodate asylum seekers rather than volunteering to accept more here under a new migration pact. 
• The HSE is to be hit by ‘work to rule’ industrial action from managerial and administrative staff from tomorrow, as a union representing the workers accused HSE bosses of ‘walking away’ from talks yesterday. 
• More than 1,350 lines of enquiries have been followed by gardaí since the fatal explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal last October.  
• Three people are to be prosecuted in connection with the singing of a song which contained offensive lyrics about the murder of Michaela McAreavey.
• €33 million of out -of-date Covid-19 vaccines had to be scrapped, according to HSE boss Bernard Gloster.
• Revenue Commissioners have contacted a number of Irish influencers with a Level One Compliance Intervention urging them to declare any income they may have earned via online platforms.
• An Irish woman is in critical condition after sustaining gunshot wounds in Australia earlier this week. 
• A workman who was injured as he fled from attacking seagulls on the roof of a Dublin office block has settled a €60,000 damages claim against six companies.

INTERNATIONAL

Emergency workers search the victims of a Russian rocket attack in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#UKRAINE A Russian strike killed at least 51 people gathered for a wake in an eastern Ukrainian village in what a UN official called a “horrifying” attack.

#FLOODING Indian rescue teams are searching for 102 people missing after a devastating flash flood triggered by a high-altitude glacial lake burst killed at least 10. 

#ABU DHABI The oil company run by the president of this year’s UN climate conference is set to increase the emissions from its oil and gas products by more than 40% by 2030, according to analysis by Global Witness.

#WINDSOR A man who admitted trying to kill Britain’s Queen Elizabeth after being found in the grounds of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow has been jailed for nine years. 

PARTING SHOT

James McClean. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

Republic of Ireland winger James McClean announced that he will be retiring from international football at the end of the 2023 season.

McClean, who recently celebrated his 100th cap for his country in the 3-0 win over Gibraltar, announced that he will be retiring from international football/

The New Zealand international friendly on Tuesday, November 21 will be his final appearance in a green shirt.

McClean issued the following statement on his social media: ‘On February 20th 2012, I received my first call-up to represent my country. In all honestly, hand on heart, there are no words that could do justice to that feeling.”

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