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

IRELAND

Pictured is mural artwork by Shane Sutton on the walls of Temple Bar in Dublin today Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Tánaiste Micheál Martin said he wants the 35 Irish citizens who are currently in Gaza to be included in evacuation efforts “as early as possible”.
• Heavy weather conditions of recent days are set to continue with fresh warnings due to take effect for parts of the country.
• Police in the UK believe a man who is wanted for murder may be in Ireland. 
• Local and councillors in Dublin City have said that more notice and public consultation should be offered by the council before trees are felled.
• Standalone offences for stalking and non-fatal strangulation came into effect from today, while sentences for some existing offences have increased. 
• Dublin Fire Brigade received one emergency call every 70 second last night on Halloween.
• The jury in the trial of Jozef Puska, who denies murdering 23-year-old school teacher Ashling Murphy, did not hear any evidence today due to circumstances “out of the control” of the court.
• A quarter of people in Ireland haven’t visited their GP in the last year, according to survey research by the Medical Council, up from 15% in 2020.
• A teenager was hospitalised with serious injuries following an assault in Sligo Town on Halloween, while three teenagers were hospitalised with non-life threatening injuries in a separate incident in Naas last night.
• South Dublin County Council has given the green light to Cairn Homes for a €240 million apartment scheme for Clonburris in west Dublin after not receiving a single objection against the proposal.

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinians arrive at Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#GAZA Deadly Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip’s largest refugee camp “could amount to war crimes”, the UN Human Rights Office said today.

#UKRAINE Russia shelled more than 100 settlements over the last 24 hours – more than in any single day so far this year, Ukraine said.

#STORM CIARÁN Much of northwestern Europe went on high alert today as a storm dubbed Ciarán threatens to bring gale-force winds and extreme rainfall to the region.

#DE NIRO Actor Robert De Niro shouted “shame on you” as he gave evidence in a New York courtroom, directing the comments towards his former executive assistant and vice president who is seeking millions of dollars after accusing her former boss of being abusive.

#WEWORK Office co-working company WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal.

#NEW YORK Donald Trump today lashed out at the judge presiding over his civil fraud trial in New York, telling him ahead of testimony by his eldest son, Don Jr, to “leave my children alone.”

PARTING SHOT

AI is Collins’ Word of the Year. Yui Mok / PA Yui Mok / PA / PA

The abbreviation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been named the Collins Word of the Year 2023.

The dictionary said AI, which it said means the “modelling of human mental functions by computer programs”, has become the dominant conversation of 2023.

Text generator ChatGPT was launched in November 2022 and there has been much debate about the use of the technology.

Other words on Collins list include “nepo baby”, which has become a popular phrase to describe the children of celebrities who have succeeded in industries similar to those of their parents, and “debanking” or depriving people of banking facilities.

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