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

IRELAND

Two giant human bees launch the beginning of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• The High Court approved a €1.9 million settlement for a child who suffered cerebral palsy at birth.
• New plans for the future of childcare have been published and they’ve recommended a doubling of parental leave. 
• Over 300 jobs were announced at an eco-friendly financial firm in Donegal.
• A disqualified driver was jailed for six-and-a-half years after he killed a “good Samaritan” while drink driving.
• Mothercare Ireland, which employs 275 people nationwide, has been placed in examinership.
• Four men arrested in Dublin City Centre following a pro-choice demonstration outside the GPO.
• The launch of a new anti-immigration party, Identity Ireland, was disrupted by protesters.
• The sister of an Irish man killed in a Perth ‘one punch attack’ has spoken about her family’s devastation.
• A mother and her two children were driven from their home in Dublin after racist graffiti was painted across their front window.
• Independent TD Mick Wallace claimed the €8.4 billion sale of Nama loans will benefit US vulture funds –  not the Irish taxpayer. 
• An investigation is underway into the death of a man in his 50s in what’s believed to be a workplace accident in rural Galway.

WORLD

A mural of Barack Obama in Kenya ahead of a visit by the US President. AP Photo / Ben Curtis AP Photo / Ben Curtis / Ben Curtis

#SANDRA BLAND: Texas police have been forced to deny that the arrest video of a woman who died in police custody was edited.

#PARIS: A former RUC officer was one of four Chelsea fans banned from attending football matches over racist chanting on the Paris metro earlier this year.

#OLD AS TIME: One of the oldest Koran manuscripts in the world has been discovered. The book has been dated to close to the time of the Prophet Mohammed.

INNOVATION

• Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift got involved in a bit of a Twitter spat and the internet couldn’t get enough.
• Portrait mode, the scourge of many an internet video, could soon be a thing of the past.
• Should you bother ejecting a USB drive properly? We investigated.

PARTING SHOT

The first full trailer for the new James Bond film has given fans a taste of exactly what they wanted to see. Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz in his role as the new Bond baddie. Spectre is released on 6 November. Get excited!