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

IRELAND

Richard Boyd Barrett, Brid Smith, Gino Kenny and Brian O'Boyle launching Recovery For All, People Before Profit's Budget outside Leinster House today. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Two men appeared before the Special Criminal Court, charged in connection with the murder of Aidan O’Driscoll.
• A 30-year-old man was arrested in Italy in connection with an attack on Irish Liverpool fan Sean Cox outside the club’s home ground Anfield earlier this year.
• Tributes were paid to Emma Mhic Mhathúna, the 37-year-old mother-of-five who died yesterday, just months after being told that her cancer was terminal.
• Negotiations for new contracts are ongoing between the HSE and two laboratories which examine more than 260,000 smear tests a year under the CervicalCheck screening programme.
• Garda Keith Harrison, who gave evidence before the Disclosures Tribunal, brought a High Court action aimed at stopping an internal Garda investigation into alleged breaches of discipline by him.
• Gardaí are investigating a carjacking incident that occurred at St James’s Hospital in Dublin.
• South Dublin County council agreed a joint development plan for 975 homes at Kilcarbery in Clondalkin.
• The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is being copied on over 1,000 emails a week from ESB workers calling to be officially released from their union.
• The Food Safety Authority issued eight closure orders on food retailers and one prohibition order in September.

WORLD

A British soldier removes his boots in the searing heat of the Oman desert, where UK forces are taking part in a month-long exercise. Ben Birchall / PA Wire/PA Images Ben Birchall / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images

#GLOBAL: Avoiding climate change chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is “unprecedented in scale”, the United Nations warned.

#BULGARIA: A journalist was raped and murdered in Bulgaria’s northern town of Ruse, in a case that has shocked fellow journalists and sparked international condemnation.

#CANADA: An explosion and fire ripped through Canada’s largest oil refinery.

#VATICAN: A top Vatican cardinal issued a scathing rebuke of the ambassador who accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual misconduct of a prominent US cardinal.

PARTING SHOT

Dublin woman Ciara Delaney appeared on the Ellen Show and won $10,000 (about €8,700) (via DailyEdge).

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