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

IRELAND

Eight-year-old Kyran Durnin, who was reported missing in August. Mairead Maguire Mairead Maguire

• Gardaí are investigating whether a child at the centre of a murder investigation in Co Louth may have been dead for months before his reported disappearance in August of this year.
• A trade mission to Poland for the end of this month, which was to be led by the Taoiseach, has been cancelled, fuelling speculation of a general election being called soon.
• Leading barrister and law professor Diarmuid Phelan told gardaí that he was “scared sh**less” when he shot an unarmed trespasser on his farmland in the back of the head, in what is expected his lawyers will argue was self defence, a prosecution barrister has told a murder trial.
• Bomb disposal experts were called in after suspected explosives dating back to the Civil War era were found in at what’s believed to be one of the oldest occupied houses in Dublin’s Temple Bar.
• House prices grew by 10.1% in the 12 months to August, the highest annual increase since September 2022.
• Sinn Féin has nominated Mairéad Farrell to be the new chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee.
• A man was today remanded in custody after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a student journalist in a hit-and-run last year. 
• Bridgerton and Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan has been named as one of Time Magazine’s ‘Next Generation Leaders’. 

INTERNATIONAL

A man carries a bag of body parts recovered from the rubble after an Israeli attack leveled a residential building in Aitou, Lebanon Alamy Alamy

#FATHER OF IVF Donald Trump sought to present himself as the “father of IVF” today, as he told an all-female audience at an election campaign event he supported a fertility treatment that Democrats say he has put under threat.

#IDF Lebanon said five people were killed in Israeli strikes today on municipality buildings in the southern city of Nabatiyeh, where Hezbollah and ally Amal hold sway.

PARTING SHOT

Tony Sheehan, Ruth Hogan, National Sculpture Factory Artist Elinor O’Donovan, Lord Mayor Cllr Dan Boyle, Michelle Carew, Failte Ireland Director of Services Rebecca Loughry

Cork City Council’s “Winter Sun” brings warmth to Cork’s iconic Triskel Christchurch with a stunning new digital projection.

Created by local Cork artist Elinor O’Donovan, this moving image artwork is part of the Island City Sculpture Trail and will be on display every evening from October 2024 to April 2025.

Island City has also launched a new website and new tours with accessibility in mind with hopes of increasing public engagement with art.