NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of today’s news.

Wreaths laid at the cenotaph at Belfast City Hall in Northern Ireland (Image: Paul Faith/PA).

IRISH

• A man in his 60s was stabbed to death in Limerick.
• The wrongful removal of a Roma boy from his family in Athlone was blamed on a lack of communication between agencies.
• Irish political leaders marked Remembrance Day.
• Gerry Adams said he has never shirked his responsibility on the issue of ‘The Disappeared‘.
• The European Commission has called on Dublin City Council to end a contract for services and public relations at the Poolbeg incinerator. [RTÉ]
• The IMO accused James Reilly of ‘racing ahead’ with the extension of free GP care.
• Concern was expressed about proposed amendments to the new Freedom of Information bill.

WORLD

#PHILIPPINES: As many as 10,000 people are believed dead after a massive typhoon hit the Philippines with aid workers from one Irish charity reporting roads to affected areas ‘blocked due to dead bodies’.

(Toti Navales/AP)

#IRAN: World leaders failed last night to reach a deal to freeze Tehran’s nuclear programme, though there was an agreement to hold another round of talks. [The Wall Street Journal]

#TEXAS: Two people were killed and 22 injured in a “chaotic” house party shooting in the state. [Associated Press]

INNOVATION

• Teenagers are ditching Facebook in favour of messenger apps, just as parents are starting to get the hand of social networking sites. [The Guardian]
• A new study has suggested that a ban on ozone depleting-chemicals may have paused global warming. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

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