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IRELAND

People strolling through a very autumnal Dublin Sasko Lazarov / Rolling News Sasko Lazarov / Rolling News / Rolling News

• A work-to-rule industrial action by rank-and-file gardaí has been cancelled ahead of the EU Presidency summit this week.
• The government talked up the latest pay deal on offer in a bid to quell the other major public sector unrest, but public sector workers are still planning on striking this Thursday.
• Several teenagers have life-changing injuries after a car crashed into a group of pedestrians in South Dublin.
• The PSNI recovered a body during the search for a missing mother-of-four from Limerick.
• Foreign ships and Irish armoured vehicles are expected around Dublin as part of an unprecedented security build-up for a European Political Community meeting this week.
• The organisers of a boxing event in Kilkenny that was cancelled due to a mass brawl and serious injuries have used footage of the event to promote their company.
• Singer-songwriter Johnny McEvoy died aged 81.

INTERNATIONAL

People walk through the fog in Sefton Park, Liverpool. A high air pollution alert has been issued for parts off the UK after a weekend of fog and fireworks Peter Byrne / PA Peter Byrne / PA / PA

#RUSSELL BRAND: The shamed star was sentenced to 10 years and six months for raping a woman and sexually assaulting three others.

#NVIDIA: Chip giant Nvidia’s board said it opened a probe into chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang after he acknowledged an affair with a woman US officials say was working for Chinese intelligence.

#PRESS SECRETARY: US president Donald Trump said he was “only kidding” about offering UFC chief Dana White the job of White House press secretary. 

PARTING SHOT 

An eight-year-old Twitter thread by writer Séamas O’Reilly recounting a surreal encounter between a young man and then President Mary McAleese is now an animated film. Chris O’Dowd and Aisling Bea both star in John Michell’s retelling the viral thread, and it’s been on touring film festivals. “In 2018, I told a story about meeting Mary McAleese when I was on ketamine, and my pal John asked if he could turn it into an excellent animated film,” said O’Reilly. You can watch it here.