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

Stop Climate Chaos (SCC), a coalition with over 20 member agencies including Trócaire, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam Ireland, AMLÉ, National Women’s Council of Ireland and Christian Aid Ireland, organised a march today through Dublin city centre. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

 IRELAND

• A large-scale search operation for a crew member missing from a UK Royal Navy Fleet auxiliary vessel remains ongoing off the coast of Donegal this evening.
• Storm Claudia moved on from Ireland this morning, and this evening, the number of households without power “is in the low hundreds” following a day of severe rain, flooding and high winds.
• Households are expected to shortly be advised to keep a small amount of cash at their households in case of emergencies, replacing previous advice.
• The government will work with families on the terms of reference for a public inquiry into the care of children with scoliosis and spina bifida “to get this right”, the Tánaiste has said.
• The Labour Party announced its by-election candidate and distanced itself from Sinn Féin at its national conference in Co Limerick today.
• A woman in her 60s was found dead after a house fire in Co Offaly yesterday evening.

INTERNATIONAL

Tents are set up inside a gutted apartment building in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip today. AP Photo / Abdel Kareem Hana AP Photo / Abdel Kareem Hana / Abdel Kareem Hana

#SOUTH AFRICA: Israeli authorities said today that 153 Palestinians who turned up unexpectedly in South Africa, triggering questions from its president, had received entry approval from an unnamed third country.

#KASHMIR: A cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least nine people and injuring 32 others.

#TARIFF U-TURN: US President Donald Trump has moved to cut tariffs on a wide range of imported foods in a significant reversal from the aggressive trade stance that has defined his presidency.

PARTING SHOT

The demonstration was also endorsed and supported by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, student unions, and local community organisations. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

CROWDS MARCHED IN Dublin today, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos coalition, to demand government to implement immediate climate action and to end Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels.

The march took place as critical talks at COP30 were happening in Brazil.

Amongst those taking part today were students, pensioners, families, workers and unions and faith-based groups.