A man surrounded by pigeons on the first day of Autumn in St Stephen's Green in Dublin this afternoon Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

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

IRELAND

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone pictured at the launch of new childcare supports at Tallaght Childcare Centre earlier today Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• A new report shows that six Kildare houses destroyed by fire were not compliant with regulations.
• A man was arrested for attacking two gardaí during a search.
• Ibrahim Halawa’s family have called on the government to sue the Egyptian authorities if his trial is delayed again.
• Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has announced an emergency housing summit after two homeless people died yesterday.
• A man in his 30s was arrested in connection with the murders in Ballymun of Antoinette Corbally and Clinton Shannon.
• The murderer of Irish woman Jill Meagher was stabbed in prison in Australia.
• An Irish man drowned in a Dutch seaside town.
• Tributes were paid to a homeless man who died on Dublin’s Suffolk Street yesterday.

WORLD

Nurse Alex Wubbels is shown being apparently chased and grabbed at a hospital in Utah after she refused to give over a patient's blood sample Twitter / NBC News Twitter / NBC News / NBC News

#UTAH: A newly-released police bodycam video showed a nurse being arrested for refusing to take a blood sample.

#ENGLAND: Former England football captain Wayne Rooney was arrested for drink driving.

#FRANCE: A man was arrested over the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl from a wedding in the Alps.

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The Central Bank has launched a special €15 silver proof limited edition commemorative coin to celebrate the life of Offaly native Sir Charles Algernon Parsons – the inventor of the steam engine. You can learn more about the coin here.