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

The launch of the programme for National Women's Enterprise Day, to take place on 19 October. Sheelagh Daly (third on right) with this year's regional ambassadors: Aisling Hanley, Hannah Wrixon Valerie Kingston, Nocola Bryne, Rachel Doyle , Margaret Reilly and Regina Bushell. Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

IRELAND

• Housing Minister Simon Coveney spoke to us about how his style differs from Alan Kelly’s, his thoughts on the leadership of Fine Gael and why Fianna Fáil will bring down the Government.
• Dozens of homeless people will share pizza with members of the public on Grafton Street in Dublin this evening.
• Over 120 Irish lambs have reportedly suffocated to death on a flight to Singapore today.
• Pat Hickey has spoken out about the charges in Rio, saying it has been a “life-changing experience”.
• The Government has said it will publish the report on Nama’s controversial Project Eagle sale this week.
• The campaign to repeal the eighth amendment to the Irish Constitution has received support from an unlikely source – anti-Isis fighters in Syria.
• The LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 108 migrants in the Mediterranean.
• Met Éireann has issued wind warnings for six counties.
• A taxi driver was stabbed and assaulted after picking up two passengers in Swords.
• Two men were arrested after robberies in Athlone and Castlebar.
• There has been another fatality on Irish roads, after a 38-year-old man died when his motorcycle collided with a car in Co Wexford last night.

WORLD

President Barack Obama is seen on the large monitor during a tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks before an NFL football game between Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills in Baltimore today. Nick Wass / PA Nick Wass / PA / PA

#SYRIA: Scores of people have been killed as bombs continue to fall in Syria ahead of temporary ceasefire due to begin tomorrow.

#PARACHUTE: A 49-year-old woman has died after her parachute failed to open during a skydive in east Durham, England.

#US: Hillary Clinton appeared to have fainted on her way out of a 9/11 anniversary event in New York.

#SWORDS: Over 50 men were arrested after a gang stormed a Sikh temple in England armed with knives and swords.

INNOVATION

• A 40-year-old technology still beats Facebook when it comes to getting people to visit websites.
• Michael O’Leary says that the Ryanair travel app will soon be a bigger business than selling flights.

PARTING SHOT

With Dublin and Mayo soon to meet in the All-Ireland Football Final, one Dubs fan has penned a song in aid of St Francis Hospice, Our Lady’s Hospice and the Irish Hospice Foundation. [Video doesn't play? Click here.]

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