LAST UPDATE | 20 Nov 2024

 GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

New-ish kids on the block

1. More than half of Fine Gael’s TDs are not running this time around, with some big political names including Leo Varadkar, Simon Coveney and Heather Humphreys bowing out.

Here are the fresh-er faces that have joined the race.

Potential air strike

2. The US embassy in Kyiv has warned of a “potential significant air attack” and shuttered its doors, following Russia’s vow to respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time.

Drive safe

3. Five counties will be under an Orange Ice and Snow weather warning from midnight tonight until midday tomorrow as very cold days are expected for the rest of the week.

Trump administration

4. Donald Trump has nominated Howard Lutnick as his commerce secretary.

Lutnick has previously said America can only “become a great country again” if Ireland stops “running a trade surplus at our expense”.

John McGahon 

5. Driving through Dundalk yesterday, it was hard not to notice how few election posters were erected for Fine Gael’s Louth candidate John McGahon.

Here’s what locals had to say about the senator amid controversy sparked by a man’s claims that McGahon injured him. 

At a glance

6. It’s Day 13 of the general election campaign trail. Here is your roundup of what to expect.

Persons of interest

7. The Irish Council of Civil Liberties has expressed concern at the gardaí publishing 99 images of people who they deem as of interest to their investigation into the Dublin riots last year.

Palestinian deaths

8. Israeli forces yesterday killed five Palestinians and wounded nine in raids in the occupied West Bank.

Rust

9. The Western “Rust” will get its world premiere on Wednesday at a Polish film festival, three years on from a shock on-set shooting that killed the cinematographer.