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

IRELAND

Pictured pictures of children line the streets of Dublin with the text #mynameis to raise the awareness of Child Homelessness. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Locals in Fairview claimed a victory after DCC changed its proposals to cut down trees in Fairview to make way for a cycle path.
• The Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport agreed to ask the Sports Minister Shane Ross to commission an expansion of the non-statutory inquiry into the Rio Olympic ticket scandal.
• Irish Rail said that some rail services may have to be cut if a funding shortfall of what it says is €100 million per year is not addressed.
• A Romanian man who blackmailed a Tyrone teenager who later took his own life was sentenced to four years in prison.
• A 31-year-old was seriously injured after he was struck by a car in west Dublin.
• Tourism Ireland said it is concerned about the fall-off in visitor numbers to Ireland in one of the busiest months of the summer.
• Super Valu remains Ireland’s most popular grocer by market share despite some strong growth by its closest rival Tesco.
• Donegal County Council revealed that 47 families have registered as displaced following the floods and some of them “will not be able to return to their homes for some time”.
• Health Minister Simon Harris stated that the new National Children’s Hospital will be secular, with plans for a single body to run the hospital published today.
• The Peter McVerry Trust launched its pre-Budget submission.

WORLD

Armando Bustsamante walks along the street over Buffalo Bayou as flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey flow toward downtown Houston. Michael Ciaglo / AP/Press Association Images Michael Ciaglo / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#TEXAS: Donald Trump visited Texas after large-scale damage as a result of Hurricane Harvey.

#JAPAN: There was international condemnation at North Korea for firing a missile in the direction of Japan.

#AUSTRALIA: It was announced that 10 place names containing the n-word in northeast Australia will be renamed due to their racially offensive connotations.

PARTING SHOT

Check out this beautiful video of St Peters Church Drogheda with drone imagery shot from inside and around the church.

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