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

IRELAND

• A teenage boy was killed in a hit-and-run in Dublin.
• Nine people were taken to hospital last night after an accident at the Tayto amusement park in Co Meath.
• It’s 30 years today since schoolboy Philip Cairns vanished on his way to school in Rathfarnham in Dublin.
• Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has steamed ahead of Simon Coveney as the probable next leader of his party, according to a Fine Gael leadership poll.
• A protest against animal cruelty took place in Cork city today after it was revealed that only two people have been convicted of cruelty to animals so far this year.
• An investigation has been launched after two bombs were discovered at a derelict house on the outskirts of Cavan town.

INTERNATIONAL

Kathy Lee and her Yorkie Freddy pose as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#US: Hillary Clinton has soared to a 12-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to a new poll released today.

#MOSUL: Iraqi forces are battling through sniper fire and suicide bombs to retake IS-held city.

#SYRIA: The White House has today condemned the Assad regime’s “defiance” of international norms after United Nations experts found the Syrian army had conducted three chemical weapons attacks against its own people in 2014 and 2015.

INNOVATION

• This Dublin fintech startup wants to make money as shareable as cat videos.
• Facebook apologises for another censorship slip, as it promises more graphic news.

PARTING SHOT

Here are 11 little things that Irish people can feel guilty about! [DailyEdge]