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

IRELAND

After 4 years of imprisonment in Egypt, Ibrahim Halawa was released from prison late last night.

• Local authorities are preparing for floods and falling trees ahead of Storm Brian, warning people to avoid coastal areas this weekend.
• Here’s how the ESB Networks ‘situation room’ is preparing for Storm Brian tonight.
• Irish Rail staff are to go on strike on five dates in November and December.
• An Aer Lingus flight to Miami returned to Dublin Airport this afternoon after “significant damage” to runway lights was discovered after the jet had departed.
• Ibrahim Halawa is expected to return home to Ireland on “Sunday or Monday”, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.
• Two cases of measles have been diagnosed in North Dublin City, according to the HSE.
• Former Newstalk presenter Dil Wickremasinghe addressed her Newstalk departure and the George Hook controversy in new podcast today.
• The Sinn Féin Mayor of Derry has refused to meet Prince Charles, while the royal visits flood-hit communities of the county.
• A fish box from a boat that sank off Waterford over 21 years ago has washed up on a beach in Clare after Storm Ophelia.

INTERNATIONAL 

White nationalist Richard Spencer holding a news conference before giving a speech at the University of Florida yesterday TNS / SIPA USA TNS / SIPA USA / SIPA USA

#USA: A speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer’s was drowned out by the chants of protesters in Florida.

#SURREY: A 77-year-old pensioner with Alzheimer’s was targeted by fake builders in a robbery at his home.

#HOLLYWOOD: Quentin Tarantino has admitted knowing for decades about Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct.

PARTING SHOT

The most popular birthday, most popular car and even the dearest place to live has been revealed in the CSO annual yearbook.