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

IRELAND

Dublin artist Gerard Byrne with his painting Always Sunday on Sandymount Strand, to be up for auction in support of Dublin Simon Community. Exhibition and online bidding open at Gormleys on 28 Nov. Marc O'Sullivan Marc O'Sullivan

• A third person, a man aged in his 70s, died as a result of a Co Donegal road crash on Friday night. It brings to 17 the number of deaths on county’s roads this year.
• A murder investigation was launched following the fatal assault of a man in his 60s in Finglas, Dublin, overnight.
• Rescuers recovered four bodies and five survivors a day after a diving boat capsized off Egypt’s eastern coast, with seven people still missing. An Irish citizen was one of the people on board but Tánaiste Micheál Martin confirmed they are safe.
• Several major Irish retail chains confirmed they will cease selling alcohol products associated with Conor McGregor.
• Taoiseach Simon Harris said that contact his party made with RTÉ surrounding footage of him interacting with a carer in Cork was “entirely appropriate and normal”.
• Gardaí confirmed they are enquiring into controversial election posters in Ashtown, Dublin after complaints were received regarding anti-immigrant messaging.
• More than 430 websites illegally selling Ozempic-linked medicines online have been shut down or amended by the Irish Health Products Regulatory Authority this year so far.
• A carer was jailed for eight years after she preyed on six vulnerable pensioners she previously nursed, stole €34,000 and carried out violent burglaries with a knife-armed college student.
• The trial of a man charged with throwing acid in the face of a champion pool player four years ago got underway this morning at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.
• Multiple Irish political parties confirmed that accounts posting on the platform Bluesky under their names or the names of their TDs are not legitimate.
• The rail line between Connolly station and Grand Canal Dock will be closed for over a week during the Christmas season to facilitate works on the track.
• Former Fine Gael minister Gemma Hussey died aged 86, her family announced this evening.

INTERNATIONAL

Smoke billows from several places in Beirut following heavy Israeli air raids this morning. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#LEBANON: The Israeli Cabinet is to discuss a ceasefire deal to end fighting in Lebanon this evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. 
#UKRAINE: Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine overnight, damaging buildings and “critical infrastructure” in several regions.
#PAKISTAN: Protesters demanding the release of ex-prime minister Imran Khan today killed four members of the nation’s security forces, as the crowds closed in on the centre of the capital.
#TARIFFS: US President-elect Donald Trump is threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs.

PARTING SHOT

John Tinniswood, who passed away yesterday at the age of 112. Guinness World Records Guinness World Records

“Always do the best you can, whether you’re learning something or whether you’re teaching someone.”

That was the life advice to the younger generation that was offered by John Tinniswood, the world’s oldest man, who died today at the grand age of 112.

What was the secret to his long life? Nothing in particular, according to him.

He previously told Guinness World Records that there was no secret to his long life, and that he didn’t follow a particular diet – although he did enjoy a portion of battered fish and chips every Friday.

Born just 20 years after the formation of Liverpool F.C., he was a lifelong fan, and saw all eight of the club’s FA wins, the records reported.

Tinniswood holds the title of the fourth oldest man in the world, with the record of oldest held by Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 116.