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

IRELAND

People enjoying the Autumn sunshine in Dublin. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Many presidential hopefuls made their pitch to Kerry County Council with the hope of securing their nomination. 
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald confirmed that she will not be running for president. 
• Tánaiste Simon Harris said he had to “dig pretty deep” to turn up at the Fine Gael think-in today after numerous threats were made against him and his family.
• It will be October before the government’s revised Housing for All plan is published.
• Irish aid worker Gena Heraty, who was kidnapped in Haiti last month, said she is “tired but well” after she was released from captivity at the end of last month.
• A man accused of stalking a social media influencer and allegedly “following” her from a Dublin street into a hotel lift and then to her room appeared in court.
• A motorcyclist in her 60s died following a road traffic collision in Co Kildare.
• A playground in Sandymount, Dublin 4 was subject to a serious arson attack.
• More than 3,300 students across the country received second-round CAO offers. 
• Three Irish banks announced a new in-app payment service that will launch next year to rival Revolut.

INTERNATIONAL

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou addresses the National Assembly before a vote of no confidence in him. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#NOT AGAIN: The French government collapsed after the country’s parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, just nine months after he came into office following a no confidence vote in his predecessor Michele Barnier. 

#GAZA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told residents of Gaza City to evacuate, as the IDF ramped up its deadly assault on the territory’s largest urban centre.

#LONDON: Heathrow Terminal 4 closed as firefighters responded to a “possible hazardous materials incident” at the airport.

#ISRAEL: At least six people died and over a dozen more were injured following a shooting in Jerusalem. 

PARTING SHOT

Leo Varadkar has been reflecting on his career and some of the choices he made as Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader in his new 400-page memoir, Speaking My Mind. 

Here are eight things that he reveals in those pages.