Here's What Happened Today: Friday

27 Sep 2024, 19:33 by Emma Hickey, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/emma-hickey/ · TheJournal.ie

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

IRELAND

Garda Randal Considine and Garda Shane Riddell of An Garda Síochána in Co. Galway have been awarded Commendations with Distinction following their rescue of a man from the water in Kinvara on Thursday, 19th September, 2024. Garda Press OfficeGarda Press Office

Seven men and a teenager have been arrested after a woman was violently attacked and imprisoned in an apartment in Dublin.
Taoiseach Simon Harris has pledged to engage with survivors of Michael Shine to get them a process they believe can give them information and justice.
Striking plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices mounted a picket outside the site of the National Children’s Hospital in the forth day of strike action.
Nearly 100 cases of image-based abuse have been prosecuted under Coco’s Law since it came into effect in 2020.
A Status Orange alert for rain will be in place across counties Cork and Waterford on Sunday.
There will be a record general Government surplus of approximately €25 billion recorded this year.
Staff at Letterkenny University Hospital threaten action over new name badges after some workers claim they were contacted online.
An investigation is under way after a man’s body was found at a recycling centre in west Dublin.
A man was arrested after windows were smashed at library, charity and HSE facility in Mayo overnight.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision near Ballinaclash, Co. Wicklow on Thursday morning.

INTERNATIONAL

Tampa firefighters work to contain a house fires, while they walk in a flooded street around the Sunset Park neighborhood after Hurricane Helene. Alamy Stock PhotoAlamy Stock Photo

#LEBANON: Israeli military said that it had struck Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon.
#RIP: Maggie Smith, the Oscar-winning British actress best known for her roles in Downton Abbey and the Harry Potter films, died at the age of 89.
#FLORIDA: Hurricane Helene knocked out power for millions of customers across the southeast United States today and left at least 17 dead after it slammed into the Florida coast
#LONDON: Three Just Stop Oil activists were arrested after throwing soup at two Vincent Van Gogh paintings in London’s National Gallery.
#UNITED NATIONS: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a visit to New York where he delivered a speech to the UN calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
#ISRAEL: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed at the UN today to press his country’s offensive against Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

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