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

IRELAND

PETA protestor Siobhan Buckley outside the Government Building today ahead of Tanaiste Leo Varadkar's address to the Dáil. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Health officials confirmed 322 new cases of Covid-19 here.
• A man was attacked with a hatchet in Dublin 2 this afternoon.
• Leo Varadkar apologised for “errors in judgement” but said he is “not close friends” with Dr Ó Tuathail.
• Dr Tony Holohan said Nphet is working with government on how to enable the traffic light travel system by 8 November.
• Six handguns were seized by gardaí in Westmeath.
• It emerged that motor insurance claims rose 35% in the last decade despite a drop-off in claims.
• Micheál Martin apologised on behalf of the state to Patricia Carrick and her family following a misreading of her CervicalCheck smear test.
• A yacht captain and his shipmate found guilty of being drunk while erratically sailing a pleasure boat at Dublin Port will face an appeal hearing next April.

WORLD  

I Voted stickers lay on a table at Faith East Community Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Lafayette, Louisiana. SIPA USA / PA Images SIPA USA / PA Images / PA Images

#UK: The US goes to the polls to decide its next president. Follow our liveblog here.

#TURKEY: Rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.

#VIENNA: Five people, including one attacker, have died and 17 others are wounded after a shooting in the heart of Vienna hours before a coronavirus lockdown started.

PARTING SHOT 

Staying up tonight for the US election? Here are the best ways to watch it from Ireland. 

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