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

IRELAND

A sunset at Roches Point in Co Cork Alamy Alamy

• The jury in the trial of Jozef Puska, who denies murdering 23-year-old schoolteacher Ashling Murphy in January 2022, briefly commenced its deliberations this afternoon.
• Electric Ireland warned customers that thousands of accounts may have been compromised.
• New figures revealed a significant increase in the number of HIV cases reported in Ireland since 2019, in particular among women.
• Molly Martens and her father Thomas Martens have both been jailed for the manslaughter of Irish businessman Jason Corbett.
• The Dáil voted in in favour of banning the sale of vaping products to under 18s.
• An Bord Pleanála ruled that the potential takeover of a new housing estate in a suburb of Cork city by an approved housing body to deliver social housing is not considered a development which would require planning permission.
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that politicians suing newspapers and journalists “is wrong” and is “designed to make journalists afraid”.

THE WORLD

A protest in London calling for a ceasefire in Gaza PA PA

#GAZA Tens of thousands of Gazans fled the north of the Strip on foot today.

#CLIMATE CRISIS Last month was the hottest October of modern records globally, according to Europe’s climate monitor, with 2023 likely to be the warmest year. 

#UKRAINE The European Commission has recommended opening formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova, in a major show of support for Kyiv as it battles Russia. 

#TRUMP TRIAL Ivanka Trump began testifying in the the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing the Trump family business, making an appearance she tried to prevent.

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