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

Jane Cowen from Offaly joins protesters and youth campaigners under the banner We’re Not Leaving, at a protest against Budget 2014 outside Leinster House this evening. Pic: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• GPs have warned that Health Budget measures could have “dangerous and unintended” consequences.
• The Immigrant Council of Ireland has said that racial profiling must not be included in social welfare garda checks.
• The Quinn family have begun new legal action against the former Anglo Irish Bank. [RTÉ]
• Transport Minister Leo Varadkar said that the outlook for Dublin Bus is ‘stark’ if a new effort doesn’t succeed.
• The government announced €10 million for pyrite repairs at 1,000 properties.
• The Reform Alliance was critical of Budget measures, but the rebels are not united in opposing it.
• Budget airline Ryanair committed to carrying a million more passengers.
• A man was arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin Kearney.
• The PSNI said Kieran McLaughlin was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Barry McRory.
• Gardaí seized a gun and arrested a man after a late-night fight in Crumlin.
• There is concern about possible attacks on firefighters as we get closer to Halloween.
• The €600k bill for Fine Gael over the Moriarty Tribunal was paid by the Taoiseach’s department.
• Labour Youth criticised social welfare cuts from Fine Gael and Labour.

INTERNATIONAL

Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters waiting outside a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans as news emerged that leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government. Pic: AP Photo/J Scott Applewhite

#AFRICA A charity says “appalling scenes of murder” have been witnessed in the Central African Republic.

#USA The US reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling just hours before it defaulted on its debt.

#UK Staff at Royal Mail in the UK are set to go on on strike on 4 November.

#USA An American man, William Happ, confessed to the murder of Angie Crowley in 1986… on the day he was executed.

#IRAN Iran has ruled that a man should be hung for possession of crystal meth a second time – after he survived the first hanging. [The Guardian]

INNOVATION

• Twitter has shunned the Nasdaq and decided to get listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Here’s a man who can predict within four hours if a Kickstarter project will fail. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

Want to be insufferable on Facebook? Here are seven ways you can do just that. If you really want to… [Huffington Post]

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