Tuesday morning briefing: Gardaí reject offer to call off strike. Catch up on all the headlines
IRELAND
The Garda Representative Association has “unanimously” rejected a last ditch Government attempt to prevent an unprecedented strike after claiming the continued focus on allowance hikes has failed to meet garda demands.
The Central Bank has reprimanded Ulster Bank Ireland and announced fines of more than €3.3m.
The recent cross-border controversy is continuing over trade and competition between the North and the Republic.
One in six pregnant women in Ireland is at a probable risk of depression, researchers have found.
WORLD
Donald Trump avoided paying potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes in a way even his own lawyers considered questionable, according to a report.
Three people, including two children, have been killed after a vehicle struck a Halloween-themed trailer in Mississippi.
A skin patch may help children allergic to peanuts by delivering small doses of its protein.
SPORT
Kerry supporters will have to wait until Dr Crokes’ involvement in the club championship comes to an end before Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper decides on his inter-county future.
Tony Martin is already plotting a return to Australia next year after Heartbreak City was agonisingly denied by Almandin in the Emirates Melbourne Cup.
To twist a phrase, Gordon D’Arcy wears his scars on his sleeve when speaking about Ireland’s so-near-and-yet-so-far losses to New Zealand.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will find out today if the Football Association deem his weekend sending off worthy of a touchline ban.
OPINION
He’s driven, committed, and wants to convince young doctors to stay in the Irish health service. Emergency medicine consultant Adrian Murphy talks to
Most people didn’t think it was possible, but FBI director James Comey — as is now known by everyone who hasn’t been locked down in a Zen monastery for the past few days — has just increased the craziness of this already loony and deeply depressing presidential election campaign, writes
BUSINESS
Chatting to business people in Belfast this week, it is evident that the consequences of Brexit are already being felt north of the border, and the consequences are not all bad.
A notable feature of currency markets since early last year has been the stable trading range for the euro-dollar exchange rate following its sharp fall in 2014.
LIFESTYLE
From a music fan’s perspective, this was the best Guinness Cork Jazz Festival in years.
SHOWBIZ
Judge Rinder has admitted he is terrified of performing a rumba on Strictly Come Dancing – because he does not think he has the “smouldering sexuality” it demands.
VIRAL
A brave brother and sister spent Halloween night curled up in velvet-lined coffins in the Transylvanian castle that inspired the Dracula legend.
Sometimes people will go to extreme lengths for their favourite chocolate bar. Love of a Dairy Milk has definitely been known to drive people to madness.
VIDEO - OUR CHOICE
Racing through a forest full of zombies might sound like a scene from ’The Walking Dead’, but it is actually how I and many others in Cork spent our Saturday morning over the long bank holiday weekend.
TECHNOW
: 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.
: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is in cinemas on the 18th of November, but you can get a taste of the wizarding action in Dublin even sooner.
: Many leaks suggested that a new MacBook Pro was about to be announced, and so it came to pass.
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With a sell-out show in Dublin tonight, the crowd might be forgiven for wondering which Justin Bieber will show up.
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