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

IRELAND

Pictured at the 6th annual Cork Jazz Ball which was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork in aid of Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII). Since the beginning, the event has raised over €200,000 for the charity, which provides support to 300 people and their families in Cork, and to over 2,400 people nationwide. Alison Miles / OSM PHOTO Alison Miles / OSM PHOTO / OSM PHOTO

• Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman has said he is concerned that new polling suggests Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael could form a government without his party.
• A search operation has been suspended for the night in Wexford town for a young man who is believed to have entered the water in the early hours of the morning.
• A collision involving a car and a bus load of children in Co Limerick, in which a woman was seriously injured yesterday, has been referred to the office of the Garda Ombudsman Commission.
• Minister for Children Roderick O’Gorman said that there were “clearly failings” in state agency Tulsa’s engagement with missing child Kyran Durnin, with a report on the matter due next week.
• Gardaí have arrested a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s following the discovery of a man’s body in Shelmalier Commons, Co. Wexford this afternoon.
• Detectives in Northern Ireland are appealing for information and witnesses after a woman in her 50s was sexually assaulted by an unknown man in an alleyway in the Lecky Road area of Derry.
• The Dublin Marathon has seen its winners cross the line, with Hiko Tonosa claiming third place and setting a new national record. 

INTERNATIONAL

Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda is interviewed by TV reporter for the general election at the party headquarters in Tokyo as exit polls show ruling party set to lose. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#MIDDLE EAST: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian today said that Iran did not seek war with Israel but was ready to deliver “an appropriate response” to strikes this week on Iranian military sites.

#GEORGIA: The Georgian Opposition today called for protests and the European Union demanded an investigation into “irregularities” after a disputed legislative vote that showed a win for the ruling party accused of moving towards Russia’s orbit.

#US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Michelle Obama has said she has a “genuine fear” that former US president Donald Trump could retake the White House.

#GAZA: UN chief Antonio Guterres said today he was “shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in north Gaza, where Israeli forces are carrying out attacks they say aim to prevent Hamas regrouping.

PARTING SHOT

THE DUBLIN MARATHON took place in the capital city today, with over 22,000 people taking part. 

Mary Hickey Nolan completed the marathon, making her the only woman to have taken place in every Dublin Marathon since 1980.

Mary Hickey Nolan .. the only woman to complete every single Dublin Marathon since 1980! Unbelievable 🎉❤️ #IrishLifeDublinMarathon #PowerOfSupport pic.twitter.com/1sNWEDyVcP

— Irish Life Dublin Marathon (@dublinmarathon) October 27, 2024