Updated 23.00pm

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

Carmel O'Brien looking at Mexican/Canadian artist Rafael Lozano Hemmer's work at the Science Gallery's new exhibition. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• A man is in custody after two bodies were discovered in a Donegal house.  
• Gardaí are investigating Positive Action‘s expenses.
• A boy who was severely brain damaged before birth was awarded an interim settlement of over €2 million.
• A former leading IRA member sparked fresh controversy in the Maíria Cahill scandal by sharing a blog post about the alleged abuse.
• Tesco‘s sales figures plummeted.
• A local council are considering installing lights in park where a woman was assaulted.
• UTV jobs are in the balance after Newstalk  announced it’s taking over the broadcaster’s radio network service.
• Leo Varadkar thinks a few things in the health service have improved.
• Irish lads used a Times Square billboard to share their anti-water charges message with Enda Kenny, while these guys were outside Leinster House protesting with pots and pans.
• The Education Minister had a “tough and frank” discussion with Waterford IT.
• Thieves stole a digger to steal an ATM before setting it on fire.
• ‘Photobomb’ and ‘bakeoff’ were added to the latest edition of Collins Dictionary.

INTERNATIONAL

Kevin Vickers gets a standing ovation in Canadian Parliament. The National / Screengrab/YouTube The National / Screengrab/YouTube / Screengrab/YouTube

#CANADA: The Sergeant-at-Arms who shot the Canadian gunman got a standing ovation in Parliament.

#US: A man who jumped the White House fence has been charged with kicking two police dogs.

#ITALY: Two men who engaged in a “long and passionate” kiss during a demonstration have been charged with breach of the peace.

#GERMANY: The teenage girls that were stopped at German airport over suspicions they were joining the Islamic State group say they were promised good homes and husbands.

INNOVATION

• This designer has come up with a way to get rid of streets lights that illuminate roads. [Washington Post]
• When the biggest shark known to science went extinct it may have triggered whales to grow to their current hefty sizes. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

If you think your Halloween costume is going to be scary this year, take a look at these terrifying Halloween outfits from long ago. [Huffington Post]

First published 9pm