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

IRELAND 

Peter Brannigan and Jane lynch former resident of the house at the official opening of Dublin’s newest museum, 14 Henrietta Street. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Gavin Duffy has become the fourth person to contest the presidential election.
• Activists are to be served a court order demanding that their removal from a third building.
• Molly Martens and her father have lodged appeal documents against their murder convictions.
• The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has alerted Irish consumers to a recall of several batches of Avonmore soup over concerns that they may be contaminated with plastic.
  
• There are concerns over the roll out of some social housing projects after fears have been raised about the future of a construction firm involved in State contracts.
• A suspected cannabis grow house was discovered at a restaurant in Dublin.
• A new report revealed that cannabis remains the most commonly used illegal drug in Ireland.

INTERNATIONAL

A tree sways as Hurricane Florence hits the east coast of America. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#USA: 60 people have been pulled from a collapsing motel as Storm Florence reaches the east coast of America. 

#USA: Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and witness tampering, court documents indicated today. 

#GERMANY: Volkswagen has announced it would end production of its iconic Beetle cars in 2019 after adding a pair of final editions of the insect-inspired vehicles.

PARTING SHOT 

Retreating waters in County Wicklow has revealed the ruins of an old homestead, which the Garda Air Support Unit happened to capture while on patrol.