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IRELAND

Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Rank-and-file gardaí suspended the three further strike days planned for this month
• Minister for Education Richard Bruton said ‘it beggars belief the ASTI would decide to close schools indefinitely‘ ahead of a week of strike action
• People who paid up to €5,000 for tickets to the Web Summit in Lisbon are being forced to watch from screens outside
• The Food Safety Authority of Ireland reported that nine businesses were served with closure orders during October
• A 35-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas
• The pharmaceutical industry made payments worth €6.8 million to Irish doctors and €10.7 million to Irish healthcare institutions in 2015
• The funeral has taken place of pensioners Tom and Kitty Fitzgerald who were found dead at their home in Co Mayo
• Multimillionaire John Griffin stayed silent on reports that his support for fledgling television station Irish TV is wavering.

WORLD

The Whitby Goth Weekend in Yorkshire. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#US: Days before the presidential election, the FBI have announced that it won’t seek criminal charges over Clinton’s emails, while Trump said the system was ‘rigged’.

#ECUADORIAN EMBASSY: Julian Assange will be questioned next week over longstanding rape accusations, Sweden’s public prosecutor’s office announced today.

#LONDON: Two prisoners have escaped from Pentonville prison in north London, reportedly after mannequins were discovered in their beds.

INNOVATION

• The UK have taken a proactive approach to cyber attacks – by recruiting a team of ethical hackers to defend systems and catch criminals [Guardian]
• Want to know the next big smartphone feature? Because Apple has just received a patent for a ‘foldable’ phone design [Forbes]

PARTING SHOT

In an age where polls have repeatedly let us down, it’s not surprising that we’re turning to animals to predict the result of the US election. While a polar bear in Russia has chosen Trump to win (of course), this Scottish goat has placed his support firmly with Hillary.

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