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\n Macnas returned to Dublin’s Northside tonight with the famous Macnas Halloween Parade as part of Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival. Sasko Lazarov<\/p>\n
NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today\u2019s news.<\/p>\n
\n Macnas returned to Dublin’s Northside tonight with the famous Macnas Halloween Parade as part of Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival. Sasko Lazarov<\/p>\n
Sasko Lazarov<\/p>\n
IRELAND<\/p>\n
The local community is in \u201cshock\u201d after a Romanian woman, who has been named as 48-year-old\u00a0Loredana Morosanu, was found dead at a residence<\/a> in Finglas this morning.\u00a0 The family of a couple who died in a house fire near Inishannon, Co Cork, have taken solace in the fact that they \u201cwent together\u201d, their joint funeral has heard.<\/a><\/p>\n A flood warning has been issued for Dublin and coastal areas across the country as a number of wind warnings are in place for tonight and tomorrow.<\/a><\/p>\n The triple lock debate has featured \u201clots of rhetoric\u201d, the minister for foreign affairs Helen McEntee has said<\/a>\u00a0following remarks made by former President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins.<\/p>\n INTERNATIONAL<\/p>\n Alamy Stock Photo\n<\/p>\n #BRAZIL ELECTIONS:\u00a0Brazil\u2019s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, has been re-elected<\/a> in a result that provides relief to critics of widening US influence in Latin America.<\/p>\n #HENRY NOWAK: The British government has announced an independent review<\/a> into the murder of a student who was stabbed last year, and was handcuffed by police as he lay dying.<\/p>\n #ISRAEL ELECTIONS: With voters due to hit the polls in what\u2019s widely regarded to be one of the most consequential elections for Israel since the state\u2019s formation in 1948, our political correspondent Jane Matthews looks at what\u2019s at stake<\/a>, and what it might mean for Palestinians.<\/p>\n PARTING SHOT<\/p>\n Baby, it\u2019s still quite stormy outside.<\/p>\n Eamonn Farrell\n<\/p>\n Met \u00c9ireann have issued a number of yellow weather warnings today following on from Storm Boelo, and Dublin City Council has asked those in coastal areas to be aware of the risks of flooding.<\/p>\n Dublin City Council has said that flood operations staff will be on the ground throughout the High Tide period for coastal areas (from 4am tonight through to 1.30pm tomorrow) to monitor conditions and respond to any flooding that occurs.<\/p>\n
\nA man has appeared charged in court in connection to the murder of Paul O\u2019Connor in Co Cork, whose body was discovered on the banks of the River Blackwater earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"president-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-and-his-running-mate-geraldo-alckmin-address-supporters-during-a-victory-rally-after-winning-the-presidential-runoff-in-sao-paulo-brazil-sunday-oct-25-2026-a\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793055491_171_.jpeg\")
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\n Walkers and their dog near Poolbeg over the weekend during Storm Boelo. Eamonn Farrell<\/p>\n