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

IRELAND

Stephen Teap, Alan Kelly TD and Vicky Phelan speaking to the media after receiving the Jo Cox Award by Labour Women Sam Boal Sam Boal

• A woman is still being detained by gardaí investigating the fatal attack of a man in Foxrock, Dublin on Thursday evening.
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement and is fraying relations between Ireland and Britain. 
• More than 6,300 children and teenagers were waiting for a psychology appointment in Ireland at the end of August, new figures reveal. 
• A pedestrian is in serious condition in hospital following a hit-and-run collision in Kildare. 
• Businessman Peter Casey has faced questions from the Travelling community over comments he made during the recent Presidential campaign.  
• A man arrested over the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old David Boland in Kildare has been released by gardaí. 
• A motorist has been issued with a fixed charge notice after using a neighbour’s expired disabled permit to avail of free parking.
• A drug unit based in west Dublin has lost 85% of its members in five years due to retirements and promotions, TheJournal.ie has reported. 
• A number of TDs have said it should be written into law that a pregnant woman seeking an abortion should be offered the opportunity to view an ultrasound image of the foetus and hear the heartbeat, if audible.  

INTERNATIONAL

Police investigators work the scene of the shooting at a yoga studio in Florida Tori Schneider / Tallahassee Democrat Tori Schneider / Tallahassee Democrat / Tallahassee Democrat

#FUNERAL: The funeral of Leicester City Football Club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is taking place today in Bangkok, Thailand. 

#FLORIDA: A gunman has killed two people and wounded several others at a yoga studio in Florida’s state capital Tallahassee before apparently taking his own life.

#INDONESIA: An Indonesian diver has died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people.

PARTING SHOT

Leicester City players held an emotional minute’s silence for the club’s owner ahead of their game against Cardiff this afternoon. 

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died last Saturday after his helicopter burst into flames outside the King Power Stadium moments after taking off from the club’s pitch. Four other people were killed in the crash. 

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