Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND 

• A potential route out of the stand-off over the planned Orange Order march in Portadown has emerged after almost seven hours of talks between Garvaghy Road residents and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant.
• Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said the PSNI is carrying out a criminal investigation into the protests against the planned Orange Order march on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
• Executives from the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) were grilled by an Oireachtas committee this afternoon, amid the ongoing fallout over the Republic of Ireland’s controversial Nations League games against Israel.
• Heimir Halgrímsson has confirmed that the Republic of Ireland players have not indicated they want to hold another meeting to discuss playing Israel in Serbia on Sunday.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin has indicated that the pension might rise by more than €7.50 per week.
• A new grant for those replacing a fossil fuel heating system with a renewable system will be handed out from next week. Here’s all you need to know.
• The man accused of attacking Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae in Dublin has brought a High Court application to be released pending trial.
• More than 100,000 public sector workers have begun a work to rule today amid an ongoing dispute over pay and the cost of living.
• A car dealer and his salesmen have been convicted of selling previously written-off cars which were “spiced up” and sold to unsuspecting customers in Dublin.
• Thousands of homes remain without power after a night of very strong winds and heavy rain.
• Dublin City Council has agreed to pause the plan to replace bin bags with wheelie bins in areas of the city centre following a protest by Dublin 7 residents on Monday evening.
• A man in his 40s was arrested and released without charge in connection with a murder investigation into the 2006 killing of Shea Bradley.

INTERNATIONAL

#EMERGENCY LANDING A pilot of a FlyDubai flight on the way to Tel Aviv stabbed another pilot and reportedly tried to crash a plane full of Israelis. Saudi Arabia, where the plane made an emergency landing, subsequently arrested the pilot, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

#GAME OVER Some of the world’s most popular video games are facing a Europe-wide consumer investigation over concerns about how players are encouraged to spend money on virtual currencies and in-game items. Minecraft, Candy Crush Saga, Clash of Clans and Valorant are among nine games being examined as part of coordinated action.

#GRENFELL FIRE Detectives investigating the Grenfell fire have passed files of evidence relating to 20 companies and 54 individuals to prosecutors, in what has been described by the police as a “milestone moment”.

#HERE WE GO AGAIN British prime minister Andy Burnham has acknowledged he could go “all the way” and propose rejoining the European Union as he considers the UK’s future relationship with Brussels.

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PARTING SHOT 

A brown bear named Backpack has emerged victorious as the Fat Bear Week champion.

The bear, known for his pacifist nature received more than 100,000 votes, giving him a close win over Bear 910 with just over 50% of the poll.

The contest, which is in its 12th year, celebrates the resilience of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, which extends from the state’s south-west corner toward the Aleutian Islands.

Here’s the runner-up Bear 910, who is fat, but not fat enough for voters.

You can read the full story here.

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