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

IRELAND

Clement Mahmodi, Jennifer Rothwell Design, Dublin, at opening of Gifted, the annual contemporary craft and design fair, which takes place in the RDS from today until Sunday Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Taxi drivers in Dublin held another protest against Uber’s new fixed rates in the city this evening.
• An investigation is underway after a man in his 20s died following a suspected hunting accident in Co Carlow.
• The Department of Public Public Expenditure published a new “radical” plan this morning that it says will speed up the delivery of infrastructure projects.
• Tánaiste Simon Harris commended Ireland’s ambassador to Israel after a video of a heated exchange between the ambassador and the Israeli foreign minister was posted online.
• Taoiseach Micheal Martin said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comment about being “ready” for war if Europe seeks one is a “direct threat”.
• A review of the Child and Family Agency’s involvement with Kyran Durnin, the little boy who was reported missing last August and later presumed dead, will not be published.
• Construction firm BAM is taking legal action against the board of the National Children’s Hospital.
• Enoch Burke will remain in prison over Christmas unless he purges his contempt of court, a judge ordered.
• Four Dublin restaurants were targeted by masked burglars in the space of just a couple of hours on Tuesday morning, who destroyed property and stole money.
• Sinn Féin accused the Government of scrapping energy credits “despite warnings from their own officials”.
• A teenager who got involved in the Dublin riots two years ago was given a suspended sentence for looting and rioting.
• RTÉ staff unions called on the broadcaster to maintain its position on boycotting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is permitted to compete. 
• High social media use, body dissatisfaction and sexting are strongly associated with poorer mental health and increased risk of self-harm among Irish teenagers, according to a new study. 
• A large majority are in favour of a ban on foxes being hunted for sport, a new opinion poll suggested.

INTERNATIONAL

Image from Epstein's private island Committee on Oversight Committee on Oversight

#RUSSIA: EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal to ban all imports of Russian gas by autumn 2027, as the bloc seeks to choke off key funds feeding Moscow’s war chest.
#CARIBBEAN SEA: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth cited the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in early September.
#JEFFREY EPSTEIN: Never-before-seen photos and videos were released of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands.
#MH370: The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December, more than 11 years after the plane disappeared.

PARTING SHOT

The world record-breaking knitted map of Ireland, created by Creative Crafters in Carnew, Co Wicklow. Conor McCabe Conor McCabe

A world-record setting knitted map of Ireland will soon be available to view across the country.

The knitted map was started in 2018 by Creative Crafters, a group of knitting friends in Carnew Community Centre in Co Wicklow.

In September, Guinness World Records confirmed it as the world’s largest knitted diorama.

But with no permanent home, the 171sq ft piece map faced an uncertain future.

That was until Gifted, the contemporary craft and design fair, agreed to preserve it and offer it out on loan across the country.