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

IRELAND

Fire performer Danny Rumgby; harpist Ursula Burns; Robyn Cassidy (7); Culture Minister Josepha Madigan; Erica Walsh (7); musician Mundy and pianist Alma Harrak pictured at the launch of Culture Night. Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Businessman Peter Casey secured the backing of two county councils as he continues his presidential bid.  
• Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said he would be in favour of legislation that would ban photographing gardaí in the course of their duties.
• Met Éireann extended flood warnings for the west as the country prepares to receive the tail end of ex-Hurricane Helene.
• A teenage boy was arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Co Offaly last year.
• An inquest into the deaths of two men whose vehicle went into a river in Co Mayo on Christmas Day last year returned a verdict of accidental death, RTÉ News reports.
• Ireland’s health watchdog has not received any notifications from surgeons about issues with vaginal mesh implants, despite reports of serious complications.
• An 83-year-old man who helped stop a robbery at a bookmakers shop in Co Cork has been hailed as a hero.
• A Dublin mother is facing trial after her daughter missed a year of secondary school.
• A large-scale exploration of the Atlantic Ocean was launched in Cobh.

WORLD

A resident wades through floodwaters in Calumpit township in the Philippines after Typhoon Mangkhut hit the country. Bullit Marquez / AP/Press Association Images Bullit Marquez / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#PHILIPPINES: At least 65 people were killed as Typhoon Mangkhut hammers Hong Kong and the Philippines.

#US: Donald Trump’s conservative Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, denied an allegation that he committed sexual assault as a teenager.

#BRITAIN: Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson warned of a car-crash-style Brexit if the so-called Irish backstop “monstrosity” is enforced.

#VIETNAM: Seven people died and five are in a coma after taking drugs at a music festival in Hanoi.

#SYRIA: Russia and Turkey agreed to create a “demilitarised zone” around Syria’s Idlib, in a move aimed at preventing a military assault on the rebel-held province.

PARTING SHOT

Stranger Things actor David Harbour officiated a couple’s wedding in Illinois after a successful Twitter campaign. He wore his Hopper uniform, of course. 

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