Updated 22:58

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

A small bonfire smolders near by one of the Tom Kelly Flats in Dublin this morning, after a fire which broke out after stored pallets were set alight ahead of Halloween (Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland).

IRISH

• Water restrictions in Dublin will now be in place until at least Thursday.
• A human body part was found in Meath.
• Former solicitor Thomas Byrne told a court he was intimidated by a former client. [RTÉ]
• Direct Democracy’s Ben Gilroy appeared in court over alleged trespassing.
• Trinity College students voted to keep Tom Lenihan as union president.
• Gardaí are appealing for information about missing teen Starr Carew and 66-year-old Stacia Purcell.
• A Donegal-based garda has been found guilty of harassing two female colleagues and sexually assaulting one of them. [RTÉ]
• Ulster Bank is here to stay and it’s putting €10 billion of high-risk or non performing assets into a ‘bad bank’.
• The HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention underspent its budget by almost €2 million last year. [INM]
• Smoking has been banned in all areas of Dublin maternity hospitals.
• Dublin Fire Brigade had a tough night last night dealing with Halloween trouble.
• Lorries higher than 4.65 metres are no longer allowed on Irish roads.

WORLD

#LOS ANGELES: A TSA officer was killed in a shooting at LAX with a number of people also injured.

#PAKISTAN: The Taliban in Pakistan has said its leafer, Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike. [BBC]

#SPYING: Papers from Edward Snowden have revealed close cooperation between Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Sweden in internet and phone surveillance. [The Guardian]

#BRITAIN: BBC Broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has been arrested on suspicion of historical sexual offences.

INNOVATION

• One of the founders of Hailo said the company’s future is in self-driving cabs. [The Guardian]
• This app will take perfect panoramic photos without you having to move your phone at all. [Business Insider]
• The entire tech world is surprised at how good North Korea‘s Android-based tablet actually is. [The Verge]

PARTING SHOT

Yesterday the European Space Agency released this video of a Mars 3D flyover. Take a tour of the Red Planet…

(Video: ITN/YouTube)

First published 21:00.

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