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

IRELAND

RTÉ's director general Kevin Backhurst addressing reporters on the broadcaster's Donnybrook campus in Dublin this evening. MAIREAD MAGUIRE / THE JOURNAL MAIREAD MAGUIRE / THE JOURNAL / THE JOURNAL

• Research found over one in ten international students have been the victim of an accommodation scam in Ireland.
• Councils have been told to ‘prioritise‘ inspections for air, noise and water pollution.
• Housing Minister will seek Cabinet approval so that he can extend Local Authority loans to derelict properties.
• Committee hears calls for improved healthcare supports to be prioritised over assisted dying policy.
• A Dublin woman resolved a High Court action against singer Rihanna.
• The government approved a €56 million bailout for RTÉ, subject to conditions.
• A TikTok video showing boxes of patient records in derelict hospital building sparked a HSE review.
• David Norris, the longest-serving Senator in Ireland, will retire in January.
• Unions were invited to discuss public sector pay by Minister Donohoe today.
• RTÉ boss Kevin Bakhurst outlined the voluntary redundancies and salary caps at the broadcaster.
• Householders will pay ‘small charge‘ on energy bills to pay for new floating gas storage ship.
• The government announced additional funding for International Criminal Court.
• Simon Harris said Israel is now ‘blinded by rage‘ and engaging in a ‘war on children‘ in Gaza
• A number of Irish citizens are expected to have their names included on a list to leave Gaza.
• An expert group will examine the whole process around buying a house from bidding to probate.
• Latest legal case by Sinn Féin TD has heightened concern for its potential chilling effect on media.

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli strike on a building last night in Jebaliya refugee camp, Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#GAZA President Higgins called for the release of hostages in Gaza after meeting with families.

#AUSTRALIA X failed to pay a fine in Australia over not detailing plans to combat child sexual abuse content.

#UNITED KINGDOM Rishi Sunak stressed a ‘united team’ at first Cabinet meeting following his dramatic reshuffle.

#RUSSIA Putin approved new restrictions on media coverage ahead of presidential elections

#RWANDA Retired doctor has gone on trial in Paris over his alleged role in 1994 Rwanda genocide.

PARTING SHOT

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Senator David Norris will retire in January 2024, it has been confirmed. The Independent senator has been serving in the Seanad for the last 36 years.

In an interview with Trinity News, Norris said he planned to retire in the new year and move to Cyprus. 

The gay and civil rights activist revealed in the summer of 2013 that he was receiving treatment for a serious cancer and underwent a liver transplant in June 2014.

The outspoken politician and academic has had a colourful career in Leinster House, most known for his work on overthrowing Ireland’s laws which criminalised homosexuality.

In the 1980s, Norris brought Ireland to the European Commission of Human Rights and later the European Court of Human Rights arguing that the criminal ban on sexual relationships between men violated the European Convention on Human Rights.

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