Tuesday lunchtime briefing: Cabinet deal reached on abortion debate. Catch up on the headlines

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

IRELAND

A deal has been reached on a collective Cabinet response to tonight's Dáil debate on abortion.

Nama has denied that some potential investors were discouraged from participating in the controversial £1.3bn (€1.6bn) sale of its Northern Ireland loan book, known as Project Eagle.

The parents of a boy with a disability have been awarded €9,000 because his school refused to keep an emergency medical kit on the premises for nine days.

Almost 450 people are waiting on a bed at hospitals across the country.

WORLD 

Four people have been killed after a river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on Australia's east coast.

A teenager has been stabbed after attempting to frighten a group of young people in Berlin by wearing a clown mask and brandishing a hammer.

Volunteers from Ireland who have been involved in assisting refugees in France originally through Irish Refugee Solidarity, have said the situation is calm at the moment, but people are afraid.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’s senior adviser has warned Israel that if it rejects a fresh initiative to restart the dormant peace talks, that a third intifada or uprising could erupt.

SPORT

Katie Taylor could make her professional debut next month at Wembley arena.

Eamon Dunphy said United need four or five years to rebuild and said City manager Pep Guardiola is "off the chart crazy".

Barry Foley didn’t hurl senior with Patrickswell in 2014. At 36 years young, he was content to “tip away” with the club juniors. It was, he believed, the beginning of the end of his time in the blue and gold.

Ten days since Tomás O’Leary first landed in the Languedoc region for a four-month tour of duty with Montpellier and the 33-year-old scrum-half must feel as if his feet are yet to really find terra firma.

OPINION/ANALYSIS

Cases before the Workplace Relations Commission show discrimination by schools of children with special requirements is not uncommon. It shows mixed up priorities on the part of schools, where children should be the primary concern at all times, writes Michael Clifford

BUSINESS

Revenues at the group that operates two five-star hotels in Co Kerry last year soared by 27% to €17m.

The decision by a Canadian firm to buy Ireland’s only refinery at Whitegate in Cork Harbour ensures security of supply and contributes to the country’s economic growth, Environment Minister Denis Naughten has said.

LIFESTYLE

Whether first-time buyers qualify under the help-to-buy scheme or not, there are still plenty of mortgage offers around from the major banks.

SHOWBIZ

There’s nothing we love more than Barack Obama reading mean tweets on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

VIDEO

You might have spotted the USS Porter on your travels around Cobh this weekend.

TECHNOW

GAMING: Titanfall 2 is out this week and while your eager fingers will have to wait a few more days your eager ears can get an early treat with this live action launch trailer featuring some perfect music.

MOVIES/TV: Doctor Strange review: Doctor Stephen Strange discovers a mystical world while on a quest for healing.

TECH: Halloween is here, and with it Pokemon Go is kicking off its first live event.

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