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IRELAND

Imogen Stuart's great-grandchild Rosaleen Dinneen (14) looking at Stuart's sculpture of her daughter Aisling Law at the exhibition opening at the Coach House in Dublin Castle. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

• A man was arrested following the fatal assault of another man in Limerick in the early hours of this morning. 
• “A very big moment” is how those in government described the upcoming decision on the Apple tax case next week. 
• Gardaí appealed for witnesses following an incident in which an elderly man was left in serious condition after being struck by a bus in Dublin city centre. 
• There was and “extra eye” put on security following the Dáil protest in September at this year’s Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis – held at the newly developed Royal Convention Centre in Dublin 8.
• Micheál Martin said he intended to speak with the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland amid calls for her expulsion saying the calls are “not responsible” and would not help the situation. 
• A man died and eight people were hospitalised following a collision in Co Armagh overnight. 
• An Irish woman shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide by her partner was denied justice in this world, her funeral heard.
• Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern attended the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis today, his first since rejoining the party this year.
• Northern Ireland’s Fire and Rescue Service continued to pump 7,500 litres of floodwater per minute from the streets of Downpatrick today. 
• Gardaí seized cocaine worth an estimated €2 million as well as one kilo of cannabis and three firearms in a series of searches in Dublin, Kilkenny and Waterford. 

INTERNATIONAL 

People make their way on a flooded street in Campi di Bisenzio, in the central Italian Tuscany region Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#GAZA An Israeli airstrike has killed 15 people in a United Nations school where thousands of displaced Palestinians were sheltering, the Gaza health ministry said. 

#STORM CIARÁN Crews from ESB Networks set sail for France this evening to assist their counterparts in getting power back online for the hundreds of thousands of households still without electricity. 

#NEPAL At least 157 people were killed in an overnight earthquake that struck a remote pocket of Nepal, according to officials.

#UKRAINE President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied the war with Russia has reached a stalemate as Ursula von der Leyen visited Ukraine.

#LEBANON Israeli forces and Hezbollah engaged in cross-border clashes today, with each claiming to have hit the other’s positions along the frontier.

#AUSTRALIA Three people were killed after a light aircraft crashed in remote northern Australia while helping in the battle against bushfires, emergency services said.

PARTING SHOT 

Imogen Stuart is pictured with Sabina Higgins at the exhibition opening at the Coach House in Dublin Castle Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

THE IMOGEN EXHIBITION is now open. Described by the Office of Public Works as “a celebration of Imogen Stuart’s long career spanning more than seven decades”.

Born in Germany in 1927 Stuart moved to Ireland in 1948 where she carved out a career that made her one of Ireland’s foremost sculptors. 

“I am so happy to have my work on display in the beautiful Coach House Gallery here in Dublin Castle” she said. 

The exhibition is set to run from 3 November to 18 February next year. It is open daily between 10am and 5pm (closed between 1:15 and 1:45pm) and admission is free. 

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