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IRELAND

The Top of The Town bar in Killaloe Pat Flynn Pat Flynn

• A man was charged charged in connection with a crash in Donegal in which a nine-year-old boy was killed on Saturday. 
• Two people were taken to hospital following a fire at a commercial premises in Killaloe, Co Clare. 
• The number of murders “nearly doubled” in the 12 months to the end of the second quarter of 2023 compared to the previous year. 
• Gymnastics Ireland issued a public apology to a young gymnast and her family, after she was seemingly skipped over in a medal ceremony after a competition. 
• Advocacy groups for scoliosis patients learned that a review into spinal surgeries at Crumlin hospital has been undertaken but not yet published.
• Civil servants will now be able to avail of domestic violence leave under a new policy launched today by Minister for Public Expenditure Pascal Donohoe. 
• Up to 5,000 health and community workers voted to strike “indefinitely” on 17 October.

INTERNATIONAL

Ethnic Armenians arrive in Armenia after fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#NAGORNO-KARABKH Thousands of refugees fled to neighbouring Armenia after Azerbaijan took control of a disputed region within its borders. 

#ALLEGATIONS London police said they received more sexual abuse allegations against comedian and actor Russell Brand. 

#ARRESTS Libya’s prosecutor general ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands.

#BLACK SEA Ukraine claimed it killed the commander of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in an unprecedented missile strike on the naval headquarters in the annexed Crimean peninsula last week.

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