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

IRELAND

A person watching high waves brought by Storm Elin off the coast of Co Clare. PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

• Weather warnings have been in place across the c0untry, as Storm Elin hits Ireland. Some counties will have warnings in place tomorrow as well, as Storm Fergus is expected to make landfall.
• The terms of reference for Ireland’s Covid inquiry are due to go before Cabinet in the next two weeks.
• The FAI have voted in favour of meeting the state’s gender balance requirements at the second attempt. 97% delegates voted in favour. The move will ensure 50% of the funding available from the government for 2024.
• Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has appeared at an industrial tribunal in Belfast arising from when he held a senior role within the Police Service of Northern Ireland. 
• A second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Odhran Kelly. Another man and two women have already been arrested as part of the PSNI’s investigation.
• Irish passengers were among those who faced delays at Gatwick Airport today, as a system outage grounded flights from eight o’clock this morning.
• A remembrance mass will be held tomorrow for Sean Rooney, the soldier killed in Lebanon last December, while serving with a United Nations peacekeeping force.
• A 46 year old woman has appeared before Dublin Circuit Court charged with people smuggling. She was arrested at Dublin Airport on Friday.

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinians search for the bodies of the Al-Hor family killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza PA / AP PA / AP / AP

#GAZA The Israeli military has continued its operations in Gaza, reportedly rounding up hundreds of men in the north of the enclave “from the age of 15″ according to UN monitors.

#COP Azerbaijan have announced that they have “secured a consensus” to host the climate conference in 2024.

#HACKNEY A 16 year old has been arrested in east London, for the murder of one woman and the attempted murder of two others.

#UKRAINE  Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s First Lady, has warned Ukrainians will face “mortal danger” if the West backs down over financial support for the resistance against Vladimir Putin’s forces.

#AI  EU NEGOTIATORS HAVE clinched a deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules. The agreement paves the way for legal oversight of technology used in popular generative AI services such as ChatGPT.

PARTING SHOT

Members of Extinction Rebellion and People Before Profit spilled “oil”  from canisters emblazoned “Death by Oil” on the steps of JP Morgan’s offices on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay as they demanded that JP Morgan Chase divest from fossil fuels, after the US based bank provided $39.2 billion in funding to the fossil fuel industry in 2022.

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