Your Wednesday evening catch-up
IRELAND
Alexander Pacteau has dropped his appeal against the 23-year sentence he received for murdering Karen Buckley.
The father of a six-week-old baby who was forced to wait 11 hours in A&E has criticised Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s apology in the Dáil today.
Laws limiting rent increases to once every two years have passed all stages in the Oireachtas.
Garda killer Pearse McAuley has been jailed for eight years for beating and stabbing his estranged wife during a two-and-a-half-hour attack last Christmas Eve.
Tánaiste Joan Burton has re-opened the possibility of joining forces with Fianna Fáil after the General Election.
Meanwhile, the Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has ruled out going into coalition with Sinn Féin.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed that the tax take for November was almost €500m higher than expected.
Children as young as 12, pregnant as a result of rape, were in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home into the 1980s.
WORLD
The leader of Labour in Britain has said airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria will increase the chances of terror attacks in the UK in the short-term.
Russia’s foreign minister has said that he would agree to meet with his Turkish counterpart this week to hear Turkey’s explanations on the downing of a Russian air force jet.
SPORT
Kerry’s establishment of a group to resolve boundary issues between neighbouring clubs has seen agreements reached in five disputed areas of the county.
The 2016 Guinness Series kicks off on Saturday November 12 with a Test against a Tier 2 nation and a week later Ireland will take on New Zealand on Saturday November 19.
BUSINESS
Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer Topaz is to be acquired by Canadian company Alimentation Couche-Tard.
Aer Lingus has increased capacity on two primary North American routes.
ANALYSIS
Despite our politicians making all the right sounds, Ireland’s agricultural emissions will be a major issue in trying to reach targets on climate change, writes Dave Robbins
LIFESTYLE
As Ireland prepares give shelter to some 3,500 refugees from the Middle East and Africa, Edwin McGreal travelled to our most cosmopolitan town to see what we can learn about integration from Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo
VIDEO
The Wheelchair Basketball Tournament at The Mardyke Arena, UCC in aid of the Irish Wheelchair Association, hosted by Sports Studies & Physical Education UCC.
VIRAL
If you have spent hours on end trying to calm a crying baby in your life, then this video may be for you.
Lisa Sarber Aldrich is receiving a lot of love online for her story of accepting the writing on her cake from the bakery in a local grocery shop in the US state of Michigan.
TECHNOW
Monument Valley is free - you should download it right now.
Bill Murray is a prince among men, and you can spend Christmas with him thanks to this new special, A Very Murray Christmas.
Virtual Reality is set to become a major new sector in the very near future, with commercially available headsets landing in early 2016. And I just got eyes on with one of the leading models, the HTC Vive.
SHOWBIZ
Presale tickets for Adele’s Dublin gigs in March went on sale at 9am this morning on Adele.com, and after virtually queuing for up to three hours, many fans were told they weren't in luck. Ticketmaster.ie have since taken to their blog with seven top tips to help improve your chances of getting your hands on those coveted tickets when they go on general sale to the public this Friday.
MOST READ RIGHT NOW
As Ireland prepares give shelter to some 3,500 refugees from the Middle East and Africa, Edwin McGreal travelled to our most cosmopolitan town to see what we can learn about integration from Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo
