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

Aerial performer Jessica Leong launching the 2026 Dublin By Night Fest, which returns on 7 November. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst and media minister Patrick O’Donovan held a meeting as they attempted to resolve a row over a €20 million cut in the broadcaster’s funding.
• Sinn Féin and People Before Profit elected representatives received letters from police probing alleged criminal offences in the Drumcree parade dispute.
• The deputy president of the University of Limerick said she is “deeply concerned” at scenes of criminal damage at a house in the university’s off-campus accommodation.
• The Oireachtas committee heard a garda rushing to a serious incident was forced to thumb a lift when his electric patrol car ran out of charge because there is no charger at his garda station.
• The Labour party called on all politicians to refuse to cross the picket lines at Leinster House on Wednesday when strike action is underway.
• Elon Musk‘s X, formerly known as Twitter, failed in a High Court bid challenging how Coimisiún na Meán deals with user complaints against social media platforms.
• Community pharmacies are prioritising vaccinating patients in at-risk groups against flu as stock comes on stream.
• Inflation rose by 4.1% in the 12 months leading up to September, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office.
• A dog walker accused of carrying out a “totally unprovoked” attack on Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae as he sat in traffic in Dublin was granted High Court bail.

INTERNATIONAL 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband lay toys on the site of Russia's deadly attack that hit residential houses on Wednesday in Pryluky, Chernihiv region. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#UK: A criminal investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is continuing despite the search warrants that allowed police officers to raid two of his properties being ruled unlawful.

#CHRISTA PIKE: The convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was walking around her hospital room though she was mentally “foggy,” her lawyer said.

#VENEZUELA: The US filed new torture charges against ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

#MARADONA: Argentine prosecutors sought prison sentences of up to 12 years for members of football icon Diego Maradona’s medical team, arguing his caregivers were “chaotic” in the lead-up to his death.

PARTING SHOT

Comedians in Northern Ireland have been reacting to the news that the BBC is to cancel two TV shows synonymous with comedy in the province.

Long-running sitcom Give My Head Peace and comedy panel show The Blame Game were both axed this week as part of a huge cost-cutting exercise at the broadcaster.

Below is one of the most famous segments from The Blame Game.