Screen Northern Ireland,the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Canada Media Fund for Canadian/Irish Co-Productions schemes. The announcement was made at the Celtic Media Festival in Aviemore, Scotland, where Canada is guest country at a gathering of media industry leaders of the six Celtic nations.

RTE have announced Brian O'Donovan as their new Washington Correspondent, he takes over from Catriona Perry who was announced as one of the new co-hosts of Six-One News. Brian O''Donovan moved to RTÉ in 2015 as a multimedia journalist, he cut his teeth at TV3 as their business correspondent.

Democrat Phil Murphy has taken the Governorship of New Jersey. The outgoing Republican Governor and Former Republican Presidential nominee Chris Christy supported Republican candidate Kim Guadagno. 2% of the vote went to other parties including The Green Party's Seth Kaper. Paul Murphy took 56% of the vote, with Guadagno taking 42%. Guadagno served as Lieutenant Governor under Chris Christy.

Las Vegas has seen the worst mass shooting in modern American history. The Shooting took place during a Country Music Festival in the city. The Las Vegas Police Department said today that 50 people were killed in the attack and another 400 are in hospital due to the attack. They also said that a lone suspect has been identified as the shooter. 64-year-old, Stephen Craig Paddock, a white male from Mesquite, Nevada.