Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

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

IRELAND

• An Aer Lingus passenger flight from Dublin to Rome was rerouted to France this morning after a bomb threat, and a separate bomb threat was called in for an unspecified flight at Cork Airport this morning.
• Criminal proceedings are being considered in relation to the death of toddler Daniel Aruebose, whose body was discovered in an unmarked grave in north Dublin last year, four years after his last known sighting, an inquest heard.
• Rallies will be held in eight locations across Ireland next Thursday as public sector workers prepare for a second nationwide strike over pay.
• Garth Brooks announced his return to Ireland for 10 concerts next summer, but Dublin is noticeably absent from the tour schedule.
• Raw sewage is being discharged daily from 11 towns and villages across Ireland.
• CMAT and Elton John have collaborated on a special new rendition of his festive hit Step Into Christmas.
• A teenager was arrested by gardaí investigating the fatal stabbing of a Limerick man in north Dublin last month. 
• Chloe Mitchell was the “victim of a sustained assault with weapons whilst alive” before being “mutilated and dismembered in death”, the first day of a murder trial heard.
• The minister and junior minister at the Department of Transport both told the Dáil that public transport passenger numbers would grow next year, even though an internal budget scenario projected a decline if planned fare increases happened.
• The High Court has asked Enoch Burke to identify the owner of a car used to bring him to Wilson’s Hospital School, as it considers whether the vehicle should be seized.
• Rugby fans have been warned of a spike in fake tickets being sold ahead of the Argentina V Ireland match at the Aviva Stadium on Friday.
• The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has said that the Natural History Museum in Dublin will be closed until the “early 2030s”.
• A scheme to provide free period products to school students is set to be expanded to upper primary, post-primary and special schools.

INTERNATIONAL

#LONDON: Russell Brand was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of raping a young fan he met after one of his Hammersmith Apollo shows in 2009.

#MIDTERMS: US vice president JD Vance laid the blame for major Republican losses in the country’s midterm elections on the Iran war.

#THE END: Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo announced that he was retiring from international football at the age of 41.

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#MAFS: CHANNEL 4 cancelled Married At First Sight (Mafs) UK following an external review triggered by “serious allegations of wrongdoing”.

PARTING SHOT

Cereal giant Kellogg’s confirmed that controversial changes to its hero cereals Rice Krispies and Coco Pops will apply to Ireland.

Now trading as Kellanova in Ireland, the company said that its two cereals are now made using corn flour and rice flour. This change applies to cereals produced outside the US and Canada.

Previously, the cereals were labelled ‘may contain gluten’, as they were produced in a factory where other cereals containing gluten were handled, but there was only a small risk of cross-contact, Kellogg’s said.

The cereals now contain gluten and are unsuitable for celiacs. 

The company admitted to the BBC that Rice Krispies’ iconic ‘snap, crackle and pop’ is quieter as a result of the updated recipe.

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