Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Here’s what made the headlines today.

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

IRELAND

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A number of counties were under Orange and Yellow weather warnings today, with heavy rain expected through the night.
Pope Leo XIV designated St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral as the official Catholic Cathedral Church of Dublin – making it the first in the capital in over 500 years.
Two men were charged in relation to more than 70 counts of rape, sexual assault and attempted rape against two victims who were children at the time of the offences.
RTÉ launched an “out of the world” advert for The Late Late Toy Show, which will air on 5 December.
Pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe medicines for common conditions such as shingles and cold sores.
A man who cut a hole in the attic of his home in order to record videos of his 16-year-old stepdaughter in the shower was jailed for two years.
Questions about gender, sexual orientation and mental health will be included in the next census in 2027.

INTERNATIONAL

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#SWEDEN: Several people were killed and others injured when a bus rammed into a bus stop queue in central Stockholm during this afternoon’s rush hour, police said.

#USA: The BBC was awaiting a response from Donald Trump, after the corporation apologised for the editing of a speech by the US president which appeared on Panorama in 2024.

PARTING SHOT

Med Day volunteers out collecting in Dublin earlier. Ella Clancy Ella Clancy

IF YOU LIVE or work in Dublin and didn’t spend the entire day cowering from the rain, you may well have encountered volunteers from Trinity’s Med Day out collecting for their annual fundraising drive.

The university’s medical students spend weeks each year preparing for the centrepiece fundraising day of their campaign.

They’re hoping to raise vital funds for a range of unglamorous but essential projects - like faster diagnostics for bowel disease and sepsis, and technology to help in

physiotherapy rehabilitation.

Unluckily for the young team, their big day happened to coincide with some historically rotten weather – but if you’d like to help out with a donation, there’s still time to do so.

We’re told their bake sales in Tallaght and the Coombe turned out perfectly – but as one volunteer put it, a few extra euros for the campaign would be the icing on the cake.