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

IRELAND

Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers and Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe address the media today regarding Apple's tax payments to Ireland, in the Whitaker Room, Department of Finance. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The highest court in the EU ruled that Apple must pay Ireland €13 billion in unpaid taxes after a lengthy legal saga
• Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes was convicted of dangerous driving and was disqualified for two years
• Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson pleaded not guilty to 18 charges of historical sexual assault
• A garda sanctioned for an inappropriate relationship with a domestic abuse victim was among GSOC files sent to the DPP
• A disqualified driver killed in 2019 crash had almost twice the legal alcohol level in his body
• Shane Lowry has ended his partnership with Kingspan following a damning report on the Grenfell Tower fire
• A proposed ban on single use vapes will be in place before election, if it is to go ahead in March
• Over 540,000 people are using ‘at risk’ water supplies despite a recent 25,000 decrease
• Irish Dental Association says national shortage of dentists is due to colleges being forced to rely on foreign students’ fees
• A man and woman were arrested in Finglas as part of a cyber fraud and money laundering investigation
• An arson charge has been brought against a man accused of an attack that destroyed ancient mummies

INTERNATIONAL

Venezuelan opposition leader, Leopoldo López, speaks during a rally in front of the Congress of Deputies to vindicate Edmundo González president elect of Venezuela, on September 10, 2024, in Madrid. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#UK: A public inquiry examining the wider circumstances around the case of child serial killer Lucy Letby held its first public proceedings today.

#VIETNAM: Typhoon Yagi left more than 60 dead and 40 missing after sweeping through Vietnam.

#GAZA: Israeli strike on so-called safe zone killed 19 people, the Palestinian health ministry said.

#RUSSIA: A Ukrainian drone wave grounded flights from major airports and killed one woman near Moscow.

#UK:  Coroner rules that Jeremy Kyle Show’s treatment of a guest did not contribute to his death. 

PARTING SHOT

HOSPITALS, TRAINS, MILLIONS of Oasis tickets – The Journal’s Jane Moore examines nine ways Ireland could spend its Apple billions after being forced to accept €13 billion in unpaid taxes from the tech company. 

You can read her full piece here.