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IRELAND

Concubhar Ó Liatháin agus Conor Brummell, The Journal's newest reporters Nicky Ryan / The Journal Nicky Ryan / The Journal / The Journal

• School secretaries and caretakers demonstrated today and began striking, demanding pension parity and other benefits.
• The UN Security voted to renew the Irish involved peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon but also that it will end in 2027.
• Anglers in Cork criticised the State watchdog for the country’s rivers after it emerged that it took until the next day to respond to a “catastrophic” fish kill earlier this month.
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald sat down with The Journal and discussed the possibility of running a presidential candidate. 
• Catherine Connolly criticised political parties that have yet to decide whether to run a candidate in the upcoming presidential election, calling it “disrespectful” to the constitution and the role of the office.
• Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher is preparing to seek his party’s nomination for the upcoming presidential election, according to a party source.
• Ten care homes for older people, inspected by authorities during the summer this year, were found to be non-compliant in four or more regulations.
• Dunnes Stores got planning permission for a shopping centre on the outskirts of Waterford city – 18 years after it was first proposed.
• Dublin Fire Brigade advised residents in the Balbriggan area of Dublin to stay indoors and keep their windows closed this morning after a large fire broke out. 

INTERNATIONAL

National Guard troops outside the White House in Washington DC today Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#ISRAEL: Sweden and the Netherlands became the two latest countries to call on the EU to suspend trade with Israel and issue sanctions on its military and militant group Hamas.

#GREENLAND: Denmark summoned the US charge d’affaires, the highest US diplomat in Denmark, after reports of attempted interference in Greenland.

PARTING SHOT

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