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

IRELAND

Curator Sara Roberts viewing Pagoda, by John Moore, in Dublin Castle today where the Design & Crafts Council Ireland opened their ‘What Colour is Metal?’ exhibition. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Stephen Donnelly said the Department of Health is “doing everything it can” on maternity restrictions after a woman went through labour in a car park outside a hospital.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said no decision has been made yet on whether the remaining Covid-19 restrictions will be eased on 22 October. 
• Public Health Officials confirmed 1,627 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. 415 patients with the virus are in hospital, of which 70 are in ICU.
• Gardaí are continuing to cancel and misclassify 999 calls despite efforts being made to stop the practice, according to the Policing Authority. 
• Irish passport holders in the UK who are fully vaccinated can apply for an EU Digital Covid Certificate from tomorrow. 
• The Environmental Protection Agency said that “abject failure” by Irish Water and local authorities led to 52 people falling ill after incidents at water plants. 
• A mother was cross-examined by the man accused of murdering her son at the Central Criminal Court this morning, where she told him she believed another man was involved in the killing.
• A mediator was appointed to oversee critical talks between air traffic controllers and Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) management.
• New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that residential property prices increased by almost 11% nationwide in the year to August. 

INTERNATIONAL

Flowers and candles are left after a man killed several people in Kongsberg, Norway. Terje Pedersen / AP Terje Pedersen / AP / AP

• #UK: Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis said that he is “profoundly disappointed” after a court ruled that he “failed to comply with his duties” by not ensuring provision for full abortion services for women in the region.
• #NORWAY: Norway’s intelligence service PST said that a bow-and-arrow attack that killed five people yesterday seemed to be an “act of terror.”
• #TAIWAN: 46 people were killed and at least another 41 people were injured after a 13-storey apartment building in Taiwan caught fire.

PARTING SHOT

Love Is In The Bin outperformed its price estimate of between €4.7 million and €7 million. Dominic Lipinski / PA Dominic Lipinski / PA / PA

Partially shredded Banksy painting Love Is In The Bin sold for €21.9 million at Sotheby’s auction house in London. 

The artwork, originally titled Girl With Balloon, hit the headlines in 2018 when it partially self-destructed at the end of a previous auction in which it had been sold for €1.2 million.