November 24: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

34 arrested, 13 shops damaged and 11 garda vehicles damaged and destroyed in Dublin violence
Dublin City Centre is waking up to the aftermath of violent scenes this morning following a night of rioting that saw clashes with gardaí, shops smashed and looted and buses, Luas carriages set on fire. The unrest came after five people, including three young children, were hospitalised after a suspected stabbing in Parnell Square yesterday afternoon. The scenes of violence have been widely condemned, with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris describing those carrying out the rioting as a “complete lunatic, hooligan faction”. At around 11.30pm last night, Garda Chief Superintendent Patrick McMenamin said the city centre was “calm and returning to normal”, adding that there had been “no serious injuries reported” to the public or to gardaí. This morning, public transport is still disrupted, while Gardaí remain at the scene of yesterday’s attack on Parnell Street East.
The Journal

Hero Deliveroo driver who stopped Parnell Square knife attacker: ‘I am an immigrant and I was there to protect Irish people’
A Deliveroo rider and dad-of-two has told of how he stopped a knife attacker on Dublin’s Parnell Square yesterday. The man had attacked a queue of young schoolchildren who were being escorted by a creche worker into an after-school care facility. Caio Benicio is originally from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and arrived in Ireland a year ago. He described how he used his helmet to hit the man who had attacked three young children and the female creche worker.
Independent.ie

Israeli-Irish Hamas hostage Emily Hand (9) not in first batch of captives to be released on Friday
Nine-year-old Irish-Israeli national Emily Hand, who was taken hostage from kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, is not in the first batch of captives due to be set free by Hamas on Friday. The Hand family issued a statement expressing happiness that the hostages are finally being released, saying they are hoping to see the first 13 captives on Friday healthy and safe. “We remain optimistic and hope to see Emily with us in the coming days,” the statement said.
The Irish Times

Paralympian Pistorius in fresh parole bid decade after murder
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius could be granted early release from prison, a decade after he killed his girlfriend. Pistorius, 37, is to appear before a parole board at a correctional centre outside Pretoria where he is currently detained. After a hearing, the board is to review the ex-athlete’s profile and decide whether he “is suitable or not for social reintegration”, the department of correctional services said. It will be Pistorius’ second shot at parole in less than eight months.
RTÉ

UN chief visits Antarctica ahead of Cop28 climate talks
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned of the need for climate action as he visited Antarctica ahead of the Cop28 talks. “We are witnessing an acceleration that is absolutely devastating,” Mr Guterres said about the rate of ice melt in Antarctica, which is considered to be a “sleeping giant”.
The Irish Examiner

Offensive, hostile and unrepentant: Geert Wilders in his own words
The victory of Geert Wilders’s far-right PVV party in the Dutch elections has taken pollsters and politicians across Europe by surprise. But Wilders is no newcomer. For years he has attempted to woo voters with his brazenly anti-Islamic policies, hostility to migration and suspicion of Brussels. In the election campaign, he appeared to win over voters with a slightly softer version of his familiar rhetoric, telling one interviewer he could put his views on Islam “on ice” and declaring in a debate that he wanted to be “a prime minister for all Dutch people”.
The Guardian

Today’s forecast
Rather cool day today with sunny spells increasing in most places by this afternoon. Somewhat cloudier conditions will persist in the southwest though, with patchy drizzle there. Afternoon highs of 7 to 10 degrees generally, milder in the coastal fringes of the southwest in mainly light to moderate northerly breezes. A cold but generally dry night in store. Mostly clear skies tonight will allow temperatures to fall quickly with widespread frost expected. The northerly breeze will fall light allowing for some mist and fog patches to form with lowest temperatures of -2 to 2 degrees. Staying a little milder in the southwest with lowest temperatures of 1 to 3 degrees.
Met Éireann