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

IRELAND

Garda Randal Considine and Garda Shane Riddell of An Garda Síochána in Co. Galway have been awarded Commendations with Distinction following their rescue of a man from the water in Kinvara on Thursday, 19th September, 2024. Garda Press Office Garda Press Office

• Seven men and a teenager have been arrested after a woman was violently attacked and imprisoned in an apartment in Dublin.
• Taoiseach Simon Harris has pledged to engage with survivors of Michael Shine to get them a process they believe can give them information and justice. 
• Striking plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices mounted a picket outside the site of the National Children’s Hospital in the forth day of strike action.
• Nearly 100 cases of image-based abuse have been prosecuted under Coco’s Law since it came into effect in 2020.
• A Status Orange alert for rain will be in place across counties Cork and Waterford on Sunday.
• There will be a record general Government surplus of approximately €25 billion recorded this year.
• Staff at Letterkenny University Hospital threaten action over new name badges after some workers claim they were contacted online.
• An investigation is under way after a man’s body was found at a recycling centre in west Dublin.
• A man was arrested after windows were smashed at library, charity and HSE facility in Mayo overnight.
• Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision near Ballinaclash, Co. Wicklow on Thursday morning.

INTERNATIONAL

Tampa firefighters work to contain a house fires, while they walk in a flooded street around the Sunset Park neighborhood after Hurricane Helene. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#LEBANON: Israeli military said that it had struck Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon.
#RIP: Maggie Smith, the Oscar-winning British actress best known for her roles in Downton Abbey and the Harry Potter films, died at the age of 89.
#FLORIDA: Hurricane Helene knocked out power for millions of customers across the southeast United States today and left at least 17 dead after it slammed into the Florida coast
#LONDON: Three Just Stop Oil activists were arrested after throwing soup at two Vincent Van Gogh paintings in London’s National Gallery.
#UNITED NATIONS: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a visit to New York where he delivered a speech to the UN calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
#ISRAEL: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed at the UN today to press his country’s offensive against Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

PARTING SHOT 

A CALIFORNIA BILL is aiming to tackle fast fashion and clothing waste by putting the responsibility back on clothing companies.

So today we want to know: Should clothes shops be made responsible for textile waste?

Take part in our poll here, or see how others are voting.