NEED TO CATCH up? Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

IRELAND

Healthcare workers, joined by several politicians, call for an end to Israel's violence in Gaza Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Gardaí extended searches in Dundalk as they continued to investigate the murder of Kyran Durnin.
• The families of the victims of the Creeslough tragedy have written to the Minister for Justice asking for a meeting before the general election.
• The Climate Change Advisory Council issued recommendations to the government saying that it should end fossil fuel subsidies and allocate more funding to replacing fossil fuels with clean energy alternatives.
• Dublin City University said that it is “exploring all legal recourse” after academic staff who teach a course for SPHE co-ordinators have been threatened, sworn at and libeled in content that spreads false information about the syllabus.
• The government intends to enhance risk assessments and protections as it signs new EU wide regulations to safeguard critical sectors such as food production, energy and water treatment.
• Six counties will be under a Status Yellow rain warning from tomorrow until Friday.
• Southbound journeys through Dublin Port Tunnel will cost €13 at peak hours from 1 January.

THE WORLD

Smoke raises as emergency rescue teams and police officers attend outside Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. on the outskirts of Ankara, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Alamy Alamy

#LEBANON The Israeli military told civilians in the south of Lebanon’s capital Beirut to leave the area as its rocket strikes intensified. 

#US Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan will not start until at least next year.

#TURKIYE At least four people were killed killed and 14 others wounded after a large explosion outside the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries.

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