Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

08 Nov 2026, 20:26 by Ottoline Spearman, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/ · TheJournal.ie

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

IRELAND

The Remembrance Day run in memory of Ciara Mageean.

The Government tabled a significantly enhanced pay proposal to public sector unions, it is understood, in a bid to avert another strike on Thursday.
Seven teenagers and a woman in her 40s are in hospital after a car crashed into a group of pedestrians in South Dublin.
The cost of a united Ireland could be up to €25 billion in year one, a report from Fine Gael has said.
A 30-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of the murder of Carrie Mullane, a 39-year-old Limerick native who was last seen in October in Enniskillen.
Simon Harris defended his promise to crack down on long-term recipients of Jobseekers’ Benefit, having been met with criticism from the opposition.
A Kilkenny boxing event organised by a well-known British TikToker ended in chaos on Saturday night, with two men arrested and another hospitalised with serious injuries.
A Dublin coffee house and pub boss, criticised by a State workplace watchdog for referring to some of his female employees as “girls”, was ordered to pay €35,000 for discriminating against a former social media manager over her pregnancy.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee described the actions of the Dublin Civil Defence as “extraordinary” after they came to the aid of victims of the shooting in Kraków on Saturday.
Over 4,000 people gathered in Dublin’s Phoenix Park at a special 5km Remembrance Run, where Ciara Mageean’s memory was honoured.
The Taoiseach and the Northern Ireland Secretary laid wreaths during the Remembrance Sunday commemoration at Enniskillen, with the First Minister absent amid the fallout from the Drumcree dispute.

INTERNATIONAL

People gather at the site of the train crash. Alamy Stock PhotoAlamy Stock Photo

#KRAKÓW SHOOTING Three dead bodies were found at the 24-year-old suspected gunman’s family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 150km northeast of Kraków. Police said they were the bodies of his sister, mother and father, and they are believed to have been shot.

#PRESS SECRETARY Dana White, the president and chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), will meet US President Donald Trump to discuss his offer of the role of press secretary.

#ISRAEL COALITION Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on 27 October.

#EGYPT Seven people have been killed and 112 injured after two trains collided south of the Egyptian capital.

PARTING SHOT

Dancers Hamza Pirimo and Jou-Hsin Chu at the launch of the Bord Gais Energy Theatre's 2027 Season in Dublin, which includes the Irish premiere of Back to the Future, the Musical.

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin has announced a raft of further productions for next year, in addition to its shows already announced, as well as an investment in new sound technology.

Hadestown, Operation Mincemeat, The Nutcracker, Guys and Dolls, Hairspray, and Sister Act are amongst the shows coming to Dublin in 2027.

Tickets for the productions go on sale on Friday 13 November 2026 at 9am through Ticketmaster.