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

IRELAND

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pictured meeting with Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, in Government Buildings today. Government Information Service Government Information Service

• A woman in her 40s has died and a teenager has been arrested following a “violent” incident in Co Offaly this afternoon.  
• GAA star DJ Carey, whose official name is Denis Carey, has appeared before court this morning on 21 charges relating to fraud and forgery offences.  
• Two men that were arrested in connection with the largest drugs haul in the history of the State have appeared before a special sitting of Waterford District Court this evening. 
• More than 12,000 people slept in emergency accommodation around the country in August, including a record-high number of children.
• The fund containing money which the European Commission has said US tech giant Apple must pay Ireland in back tax lost €259 million in value last year, according to a new report from the Comptroller and Auditor General.
• Meanwhile, PAC chair Brian Stanley said the “taxpayer is failing to achieve value for money” following the release of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Annual Report.
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told advocacy groups for scoliosis and spina bifida patients that he “wouldn’t rule out” a statutory review of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) during a meeting this afternoon.  
• Housing prices in the third quarter of 2023 were 1.1% higher than a year ago, according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report released today. 

INTERNATIONAL

File image Tupac Shakur. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#TUPAC One of the last living witnesses to the drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 has been charged with murder.

#PAKISTAN At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Pakistan’s Balochistan province today by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed.

#NEW YORK A rush-hour rainstorm swamped New York City, shutting down parts of the subway system, and flooding streets and highways.

#CALIFORNIA US Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, died aged 90.

#HADRIAN’S WALL New shoots are expected to grow from the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree but it will never be the same again, experts have said.

PARTING SHOT

Shane Lowry conducts the crowd. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Europe have a five-point lead after the USA failed to win a match across a Ryder Cup day for the first time in history.

It is the joint-largest first-day lead the Ryder Cup has seen since 1979, and it means Europe need just eight points out of the remaining 20 to win the Cup.

Hopes of a closely-fought competition look like they will be deferred another two years. 

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