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

IRELAND

Four of the six presidential candidates pose ahead of today's first debate at RTÉ this afternoon Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• A man was arrested at Dublin Airport for chasing a plane onto the tarmac after missing his flight.
• A case that could block 410 gardaí from getting promoted has heard that a sergeant-candidate was asked ‘inappropriate’ questions at his interview.
• Two women have appeared before a district court in Galway facing charges in connection with the deaths of two pedestrians in Ballinasloe earlier this year, RTÉ reports.
• State funding for Scouting Ireland has been suspended until its entire board is replaced.
• Homeless figures remain below 10,000, but the government says that more categorisation issues have been identified.
• The first debate of the 2018 Áras race took place.
• Germany will host Euro 24 six years from now.
• A woman in her 70s died after being struck by a truck in Co Monaghan.
• The data of hundreds of farmers who took part in a government scheme has been leaked. 
• The national average rent is now almost €1,100 per month.

INTERNATIONAL

Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in ahead of his testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee this evening DPA / PA Images DPA / PA Images / PA Images

#LAUGH-IN: Donald Trump says the UN General Assembly was laughing with him, not at him.

#SENATE COMMITTEE: Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser Christine Blasey Ford claims that he laughed as he allegedly assaulted her at a party in 1982. Kavanaugh later vigorously denied all of her claims.

PARTING SHOT

Fota Wildlife Park has announced the birth of an infant agile gibbon to parents 18-year-old Chloe and 28-year-old Conor, and it’s looking for names.

However the gender of the child is as yet unknown as Chloe is keeping her new charge under close wraps.