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

IRELAND

Red Bull Cliff Diver Orlando Duque jumps from the Dursey Island Cable Car in West Cork. Red Bull Content Pool / Szymon Lazewski/INPHO Red Bull Content Pool / Szymon Lazewski/INPHO / Szymon Lazewski/INPHO

• A male teenager died following a suspected stabbing incident at a Tusla emergency residential unit in north Dublin.
• A teenager became the third person to appear in court charged with the murder of father of five Barry Daly in Doneraile, Co Cork over the weekend.
• The Dáil passed a confidence motion in Tánaiste Simon Harris.
• Property prices have risen by 7.4% in the last year, and there’s been a slight increase in the number being sold, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.
• Forner Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will take legal action over the UK’s decision to exclude people who were imprisoned without trial during the Troubles from a compensation scheme.
• Bookmakers Paddy Power is set to close 28 shops in Ireland, putting some 119 jobs at risk.
• An Garda Síochána said that “missiles were thrown towards garda lines” during an incident in which pepper spray was used at a recent pro-Palestine protest at Dublin’s Port Tunnel.
• It now appears increasingly unlikely that a ban on trade in services will be included in the Occupied Territories Bill, proposed legislation that would prohibit trade in goods with companies operating from Palestinian territories illegally occupied by Israel.
• The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urgently seeking blood donations as current supplies for most blood groups have fallen to under three days of stock.
• Trinity College Dublin is seeking participants for a new study on the impact of name-calling during childhood by a parent.
• The new British Ambassador to Ireland shown off impressive Irish language skills as she officially started in her new role.
• American country music star Luke Combs confirmed that he will play a second gig at Slane Castle next year.

INTERNATIONAL

Irish troops receive their UNIFIL medals in Lebanon today. Niall O'Connor / The Journal Niall O'Connor / The Journal / The Journal

#GAZA: Hamas handed over four more bodies of hostages to Israel, leading Israel to allow Gaza’s key Rafah crossing to reopen for humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinian territory.
#LEBANON: Our reporter Niall O’Connor is in Lebanon where there are fears that the withdrawal of Irish peacekeeper could be the ‘beginning of another war’.
#CHAT GPT: The creators of ChatGPT pedalled back on attempts to make the chatbot less human, opting instead to make it respond in a “very human-like way”, including by introducing erotica for adult users from December.
#TIME: US President Donald Trump expressed his disappointment at the “super bad” picture of him on Time magazine’s cover.

PARTING SHOT

The first ever cable car dive has been completed – in a 24m dive from the Dursey Island cable car in west Cork by Red Bull cliff diver Orlando Duque. 

The cable car is suspended between the mainland and Dursey Island. First opened in 1969, it’s the only cable car in Europe that crosses open sea water.

Dursey Island is on the Beara Peninsula, marking the western tip of Cork. The cable car connecting it to the mainland crosses over 150m of open water.

Its circumstances offered the chance to do something different, Duque said. “To have the opportunity to dive from it was something special.”