Friday evening briefing: Department of Justice and GRA agree to use Labour Court. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

IRELAND

Department of Justice and Garda Representative Association have agreed to use Labour Court and Workplace Relations Commission  in a bid to avert next Friday's strike.

An Irish professor has turned more than a century of anatomy on its head by identifying a new organ  in our guts.

32 Irish pubs across fifteen counties have retained their listings in the 2017 Michelin 'Eating Out In Pubs'   Guide. 25 are in the Republic of Ireland and seven are in Northern Ireland.

A Dublin pensioner who stole over €100,000 by using her sister's social welfare card to fraudulently claim benefits  has avoided jail on condition she carries out 240 hours community service  writes Sonya McLean and Fiona Ferguson.

WORLD 

Michelle Obama joined Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally to lend support  to the presidential nominee in the closing stages of the race for the White House.

Uber has lost a tribunal case on the employment rights of its workers, , an inquest in the UK has heard.which could see thousands of drivers given full employee benefits.

A woman in California who claims using talc for years gave her ovarian cancer  has been awarded more than €64m in damages.

Fierce fighting has broken out around the Syrian city of Aleppo  after rebels launched a large-scale offensive to break the government's siege of opposition-held areas.

SPORT

Stand down everyone. The contest for best Halloween costume of 2016 is over   and it’s been won by nine-year-old Sam Breen from Dublin.

Patrice Evra’s Instagram account is a shining beacon of light  in a year which has brought a great deal of sadness.

Jose Mourinho says it will take time for Henrikh Mkhitaryan to cope with the rigours of Premier League life,   but has no doubt the attacking midfielder will flourish at Manchester United.

I reckon our constitution is only built to take so much grief and sadness,  writes Ronan O'Gara.

OPINION

The issues on the picket line at schools around the country yesterday were the same — equal pay for recently-hired teachers and meaningful restoration of pay for others.  A teachers gives their opinion.

The Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU), the national representative body for second-level students in Ireland, would like to remind everyone that it is the students who are most impacted  by these strike days, through no fault of their own.

BUSINESS

Bank of Ireland chief Richie Boucher says the bank’s policy of promoting fixed-rate mortgages ahead of cutting variable rate home loans will not change for the moment,  regardless of competitors’ decisions and political pressure.

US cybersecurity company Cylance is opening a new office on the South Mall in Cork with plans to create 150 jobs  over the next three years  writes Alan Healy.

LIFESTYLE

Halloween is the ideal time to scare yourself with a good horror movie.  Happy to oblige, Declan Burke lists the best horror movies of all time and, for good measure, throws in a list of the five most cursed film sets and five best scary movies for kids.

SHOWBIZ

Ryan Tubridy has his hands full on this week's Late Late with a star-studded collection of guests.  Shaken, but not stirred Bond star Roger Moore will be taking to the leather coach along with popstar Robbie Williams, Rugby head Johnny Sexton as well as Hypnotist Keith Barry and Chatty man Alan Carr.

VIRAL

This is the terrifying moment a small vehicle attempts to make a bizarre u-turn on a dual carriageway nd smashes into an oncoming car. 

VIDEO

A large percentage of the nation's teachers have gone on strike over pay. over pay.  It's complicated and tricky to sort out, so, who better to make sense of the whole matter than the Fupin Eejits , whose take on it will have everybody (with a sense of humour, that is) laughing amid all the negotiations.

TECHNOW

GAMING: If you're looking for a Borderlands fix, or haven't played the game before (for shame!)  The Handsome Collection is currently totally free on Xbox One. 

MOVIES/TV: Pixar movies take a long time to make. In the case of Finding Dory,  it appeared in cinemas a full 13 years after the classic original animated film.

TECH: Many leaks suggested that a new MacBook Pro was about to be announced,  and so it came to pass.

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This is the terrifying moment a small vehicle attempts to make a bizarre u-turn on a dual carriageway nd smashes into an oncoming car.