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

IRELAND

Sam’s Barbers at Ormond Quay in Dublin mark the start of Movember with the Frontline 'Mo-Bros'. Leon Farrell Leon Farrell

• Local authorities are still refusing to provide emergency accommodation to members of the Traveller community on ‘dubious grounds’, a solicitor who represents Travellers in civil matters has said.
• A government TD has called on the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to provide an adequate policing response in his constituency after violence broke out on the streets of a Limerick town.
• Gardaí in Carrickmacross are investigating the discovery of a body in unexplained circumstances this morning.
• A priest in Kerry sparked backlash after telling a mass that sex between two men or two women is sinful and that free condom schemes from the HSE promote promiscuity.
• A double child benefit payment of €280 is being paid to families today, as part of measures being rolled out by Government to help households with the rising cost of living.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin weighed in on the controversy surrounding the live crib at Dublin’s Mansion House, saying that there are a “variety of ways” to enjoy Christmas.
• Dublin Fire Bridage received 234 calls on Halloween yesterday.
• Consultancy firm EY announced the creation of 900 new jobs on the island of Ireland.

INTERNATIONAL

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#COP27 Activist Greta Thunberg does not plan to attend this year’s annual United Nations climate summit, pointing to limited space for civil society representatives and greenwashing efforts by political leaders.

#UKRAINE Grain exports will halt tomorrow after Moscow pulled out of a deal to let ships through the Black Sea.

#BRAZIL A full day after Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for re-election, the right-wing leader has neither conceded defeat nor challenged the results of the country’s closest political contest in more than three decades.

#IMACELEB Former UK Health secretary Matt Hancock has reportedly signed up to join the cast of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.

#MIGOS Rapper Takeoff, a member of the Grammy-nominated hip hop trio Migos, was fatally shot at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas.

#TWITTER New Twitter head Elon Musk announced that the site will charge $8 per month to verify users’ accounts.

#TOKYO Japan’s capital began issuing certificates recognising same-sex couples today, becoming the largest municipality to do so in a country in which same-sex marriage is not allowed.

PARTING SHOT

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) at a gathering in the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street on his birthday. PA PA

Collins Dictionary has named “permacrisis” as its word of the year after a period which has seen people live through war, inflation, climate change and political instability.

The word, defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity”, is one of the several terms on the 2022 list which has seen increasing usage due to the ongoing crises across the world.

The annual 10-strong list also includes ‘partygate’, ‘Kyiv’ and ‘quiet quitting’.