Current Affairs Edit: October

CURRENT AFFAIRS Edit OCTOBER

MOLLY KAVANAGH AND MAEVE MCTAGGART LOOK AT THE MAJOR STORIES OF OCTOBER, AND TRY TO FIND A SILVER LINING.

Happy Brexit! The UK is due to leave the EU on October 31st and Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still scrambling to pass a Brexit deal like a student who left an assignment to the night before. Donald Tusk has said the EU remains “unconvinced” about Boris’s Brexit proposal while the European parliament calls the plan “not even remotely acceptable.” Fishbowl is open until 1am on weekdays, Boris - you’ll need it.

Impeachment and a Flirty Phone Call The U.S. Congress have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump due to a whistleblower complaint that he was threatening to withhold aid to Ukraine in exchange for the investigation of his front-running Democratic rival, Joe Biden. The transcript of the phone call, read out before Congress, gets a bit hot and heavy. To Trump’s giggles, President Zelenskyy of Ukraine says, “the first time you called me to congratulate me when I won my presidential election, and the second time you are now calling me when my party won the parliamentary election. I think I should run more often so you can call me more often and we can talk over the phone more often.” Get a room, guys.

The Party Leader Who Cried Wolf “Would we bring back wolves in our country? I think yes,” said Green Party leader Eamon Ryan earlier this month, answering a question no one had really asked. Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, has rejected Ryan’s proposal to ‘rewild’ the Irish landscape with wolves which would, according to the party leader, simultaneously provide a new tourism niche. “I think the Irish people are ready,” he said. Are we?