Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

23 Sep 2026, 19:00 by Emma Hickey, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/emma-hickey/ · TheJournal.ie

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

IRELAND

Taoiseach Micheál Martin pictured with the Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani in New York today. Jane Matthews / The JournalJane Matthews / The Journal / The Journal

Minister for Energy and Climate Darragh O’Brien will bring plans for a boiler scrappage scheme and grants for solar battery storage to cabinet for sign-off next week.
A convicted murderer who absconded from Derry last week and has been on the run since has been arrested in Donegal, the PSNI confirmed.
TikTok was grilled at the Oireachtas media committee today, with TDs and Senators telling the social media giant that their response is “not good enough”.
There will no longer be discounted alcohol available to purchase in shops by using a loyalty card, as the health minister has progressed legislation to sever these deals.
Animal rights group Peta has offered what it described as a “fin-tastic” deal to the DUP communities minister – but it comes with a vegan “catch”.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin moved to dampen expectations around this year’s budget, telling reporters in New York the government “can’t do everything for everyone”.

INTERNATIONAL

US President Donald Trump exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2026, in Washington, on return from United Nations General Assembly in New York. AP Photo / Allison RobbertAP Photo / Allison Robbert / Allison Robbert

#MIAMI: US President Donald Trump invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit of world leaders in Miami in December, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed today.

#METOO: Harvey Weinstein, who was at the centre of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement in Hollywood, was resentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant.

#IRAN: Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian accused the US and Israel of committing “terrorism” against his country, a day after Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” the country if a peace deal cannot be reached.

PARTING SHOT

Daisy Edgar-Jones and George MacKay, who plays her suitor Edward Ferrars. Alamy Stock PhotoAlamy Stock Photo

OVER TWENTY YEARS on from the 1995 Oscar-winning production of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, the classic tale is to return to cinemas on Friday in a new film.

The Journal got a chance to sit down with two of its stars, Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People, Twisters), and Caitríona Balfe (Outlander, Belfast), to ask them what makes this film different.