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

IRELAND

Dublin Zoo has announced that Wild Lights will return once again this winter with an exciting new theme - ‘The Magic of Life’ Patrick Bolger Patrick Bolger

• Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has described an incident in which a vehicle collided with a Garda car in Dublin yesterday evening as “disgraceful”.
• A team of Longford firefighters had a lucky escape when an explosive ball of flame engulfed them as they fought a blaze.
• Cabinet has given approval to a new “flexible” pension system that will see the pension age remain at 66, but will give people the option to work until they’re 70 in return for higher payments.
• The Ceann Comhairle has said he will review video footage of Dáil proceedings today after the Taoiseach said he had not done enough to stop heckling while he was speaking.
• The organisers of a protest against the spiralling cost of living and the housing crisis are urging people to attend a march in Dublin on Saturday.
• Brexit and the tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol must not be let become a “huge headache” for the farming sector, Minister Simon Coveney has said.
• The National Ploughing Championships have returned to Ratheniska, Co Laois today in full swing for the first time since before the pandemic. 
• The High Court has heard that a concert held at a Dublin property being occupied by homeless campaigners was in “flagrant breach” of a court order. 
• A teenager has been hospitalised after a vehicle struck a crowd at a car enthusiast event in Co Kildare.

INTERNATIONAL

Flowers and messages of condolence continue to be placed as tribute to Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Green Park, London Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#UKRAINE: Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine have announced plans to start voting to become integral parts of Russia.

#EBOLA: Uganda’s health ministry has announced the country’s first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019.

#MCCANN: The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost the latest stage of their legal battle over comments made by a retired Portuguese detective claiming they were involved in her disappearance.

PARTING SHOT

Hollywood star Brad Pitt and Australian musician Nick Cave have debuted as artists in an exhibition displaying their sculptures and ceramics in Finland.

The Sara Hilden Art Museum, in the southern Finnish city of Tampere, was initially scheduled to exhibit the wide variety of works by British artist Thomas Houseago — known for his sculptures — but he reportedly persuaded the museum to include works by his famous friends.

British artist Thomas Houseago, centre, poses with Brad Pitt, centre right, and Nick Cave, prior to the opening of their joint exhibition in Tampere, Finland Jussi Koivunen / Sara Hilden Art Museum Jussi Koivunen / Sara Hilden Art Museum / Sara Hilden Art Museum