Hugo Harvey as a teenager in Paris: The night of the Bataclan was hard to graspAs a teenager in Paris, the night of the Bataclan was hard to grasp. Attentat au Stade de France, fusillade at the Bataclan, stray grenades into cafes and shootings at restaurants, seemingly at random. Tributes to the victims of the Paris attacks of November 2015, at a memorial site in the Place de la Republique on Sunday. But the Paris attacks felt shapeless. Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and others pay their respects in front of the Bataclan on November 13th, 2023.

Lawyers for Open AI denied that ChatGPT played free and easy with copyright on Helene Fischer's Atemlos, the fifth most successful song in German pop history, and others. On Tuesday, a Munich court grounded the US tech giant Open AI with a bump, thanks in part to Mey’s folksy feel-good number. Gema – with membership that includes musicians, composers and lyricists – took the test case using 10 popular German hits it said had been used to train ChatGPT. Lawyers for Open AI denied that ChatGPT played free and easy with the fifth most successful song in German pop history. Gema hopes the case will conclude in its favour as “the first landmark AI ruling in Europe”.

In July the Court of Appeal (CoA) had upheld the State’s appeal against a High Court ruling on proceedings taken by the commission. In a newly published determination, a three-judge Supreme Court panel said it would grant permission to the IHREC to appeal against the CoA ruling, stating its application “clearly satisfies” the constitutional criteria for appeal. Given the “very different conclusions” reached by the High Court and the CoA in the case, the IHREC argued it was appropriate to allow a further appeal to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court panel said the State was in agreement that the subject matter of the proceedings was of general public importance, identifying several “headline features”. Allowing the appeal, the Supreme Court panel said several matters of general public importance had been identified by the parties, including issues relating to the rights charter.

The Road Traffic Act 2024 defines the default urban speed limit as 30km/h, but the city council said: 'this particular section has not been enacted by the Minister'. Dublin City Council had been introducing 30km/h zones in residential areas on a phased basis over the last two decades. In 2007 it lowered speed limits in the shopping and central business area of the city from 50km/h to 30km/h. “All roads designed appropriately to accommodate higher speed limits would have their speed limits set through the introduction of special speed limit bylaws,” the council said. Initially, it will “identify roads that are suitable for immediate transition to 20 and 30km/h speed limits”.

The man remains in Garda custody. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien / The Irish TimesA third man has been arrested as part of a cross-Border terrorism investigation. The man, aged in his 30s, was detained in Co Laois this afternoon. Last week, two men, aged in their 40s and 30s, appeared at Portlaoise District Court charged in connection with the investigation. The counter-terrorism investigation is being led by the Garda’s Special Detective Unit.

Inflation rose by 2.9 per cent in October compared to a year ago, the highest rate since March last year, with a further increase expected in November. Excluding the cost of energy and unprocessed food made little impact, with the overall rate of inflation dropping slightly to 2.8 per cent. Among the products showing price increases were cheese, with cheddar rising 80 cent, and a pound of butter up by 64 cent compared to October last year. Again, education topped the list of price increases, with recreation and Culture up 1.6 per cent. The cost of restaurants and hotels fell by 0.3 per cent compared with September, while transport also fell 0.3 per cent.

This is a big day for the Government, when it unveils its long-awaited updated housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities. One measure aimed at helping developers, including smaller builders, to deliver more housing is a plan for an additional €400 million in equity investment support from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF). This is, as will be pointed out today, not the first housing plan. Also on the subject of housing, the latest Inside Politics podcast asks the question: What is wrong with Ireland’s housing and planning system? Some TDs say the housing plan and the infrastructure plan due later this month are more important to them than the fate of Martin.

Bishop Niall Coll will be the new Bishop of Raphoe. Photograph: Catholic Communications Office archiveBishop Niall Coll has been appointed as the new Bishop of Raphoe by Pope Leo XIV. Bishop Coll, who until now was the Bishop of Ossory, is from Letterkenny in Co Donegal. His appointment to the Co Donegal diocese was officially announced following Mass at St Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny on Thursday morning, which was attended by Bishop Coll, Bishop Philip Boyce, Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe and Msgr Kevin Gillespie. Bishop Coll attended St Baithin’s National School, St Johnston and St Eunan’s College in Letterkenny.

British Airways chief executive Sean Doyle has been appointed to the board of Marks & Spencer. Marks and Spencer has appointed the boss of British Airways to its board 18 months after the retailer’s chair publicly hit out at what he saw as the airline’s declining service. Doyle will join another heavyweight retailer, former Asda chief executive Roger Burnley, on the M&S board from next month. BA is owned by IAG, the FTSE 100 group that also owns Iberia and Aer Lingus — the airline Doyle previously ran. Norman, one of the UK’s most respected retail leaders, and chief executive Stuart Machin have been credited with turning around M&S after years of decline.

Mr Haugh, a barrister, served in the role for 10 years and had expected to have his five-year contract renewed. As there was already an existing separate vacant position of deputy chair – the Labour Court has three – he applied for that role and has since come through a process that included two rounds of interviews. The Department of Enterprise said Mr Haugh had “served with distinction” as a deputy chair of the Labour Court. The Labour Court is the sole appellate body in employment rights disputes, ruling on appeals of Workplace Relations Commission adjudication decisions. The Labour Court is also the ‘court of last resort’ in industrial relations disputes.

France retains the top spot as Ireland’s biggest trading partner in the European Union, with bilateral trade levels now 30 per cent higher than they were prior to Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. The growth in goods trade has lagged slightly, having risen 30 per cent against pre-Covid levels to reach €14.2 billion. This compared to €1.7 billion in agri-food and €0.9 billion in chemicals trade with France. Jean-Noel Barrot, the French minister for Europe and foreign affairs said, in the report, “France is determined to deepen this partnership both bilaterally and at the European level. “The Franco-Irish relationship rests not only on trade and investment, but also on shared ambitions and common values,” he said.

Cliff Taylor looks at a new report from the Department of Finance and how Ireland's younger generation may end up with end up paying higher taxes.

Photograph: Cork CourtsGardaí are expecting to bring further charges against a man allegedly involved in manufacturing guns and explosives and they will be recommending he be tried at the Special Criminal Court, a court has heard. He said gardaí would allege Mr Sheehan was engaged in “the manufacture, alteration and production of firearms” and they feared if he was granted bail then he would acquire further firearm components to manufacture more weapons. Det Garda Daly said Mr Sheehan had been co-operative at interview and had made admissions in relation to the offences with which he was charged. Mr O’Meara called Mr Sheehan to give evidence in support of his bail application. Judge Mary Dorgan said she was refusing bail due to the seriousness of the charges and the strength of the evidence against Mr Sheehan.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste, Simon Harris and Minister for Housing James Browne arrive at St Theresa’s Gardens in Dublin for the launch of the Coalition's housing plan. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

The pressure is proof of the increasing success of Irish-language schools across Belfast. That’s not what the Irish language is about. Consequently, they are immersed in the Irish language from the minute they come in, through play, though art, not just in class. Not every parent who sends their child to an Irish-language primary school wants to send them on to an Irish language secondary school. Unionist politicians have long resisted the Irish language, she says.