NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

IRELAND

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• Lawyers for consulting firm Red Flag have expressed “extreme concern” about how copies of documents from their computers ended up on a memory stick on Denis O’Brien’s desk.
• Around 200 patients have been contacted after the HSE recalled a number of batches of chemotherapy drugs earlier this week.
• The travellers group supporting survivors of last weekend’s fire tragedy in Carrickmines says it’s “hopeful” a deal can be reached to accommodate them at a temporary halting site.
• A woman has died after being hit by a car in Dublin this afternoon.
• A vote by Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has seen the Lansdowne Road public sector pay deal rejected.
• Gardaí have renewed an appeal for information about Adam Dunne (15) who has been missing from Limerick since October 5. 
• A woman has chained herself to the gates of the Department of Education in protest against the services being provided for her son who has autism.

INTERNATIONAL

A child looks out from a window of a bus upon arriving by a ferry from the Greek island of Lesbos. The international Organisation for Migration said more than 593,000 people have crossed into Europe this year of which 453,000 traveled from Turkey to Greece. Associated Press Associated Press

#MIGRANT CRISIS: A man was shot dead trying to enter Europe from Turkey.

#SOUTH AFRICA: A 20-year-old woman is due to appear in court for allegedly trying to sell her child online for 5,000 Rand (about €335).

#FLORIDA: US police serving an arrest warrant on a burglary suspect ended up in a long standoff because his girlfriend wanted to have sex with him one last time.

INNOVATION

• The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus: Are they worth the upgrade?
• The first film made by Netflix is released today – and critics love it.

PARTING SHOT

This video proves that kittens are pretty much the best birthday present you can get, even if you’re gorilla. In fact, especially if you’re a gorilla.