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

IRELAND

A large crowd of students and people during a protest which was taking place outside the The Dail today over the accommodation crisis. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Thousands took to the streets today to protest the country’s housing crisis.
• Peter Casey offered his fellow presidential candidate Joan Freeman a loan to fund her campaign.
• Krispy Kreme announced it was stopping its 24 hour drive-thru service following a multitude of complaints from neighbours over late night noise.
• Around €240,000 worth of kratom – a cocaine-like stimulant – was seized at Portlaoise Mail Centre.
• A Dublin man who groped a woman as she slept at a house party was jailed for 11 months.
• A ‘simple software issue’ caused Irish airspace to shut last night.
• A man who left a schoolmate deaf after a nightclub brawl over a girl will be sentenced next month.
• The return of 119 Irish peacekeepers from Syria has been delayed for two weeks after they did not receive clearance to travel home via Lebanon.
• There were very long delays on the N7 out of Dublin after a truck overturned.

INTERNATIONAL

Theresa May dances to the stage to give a speech during the Conservative Party annual conference. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#DANCING QUEEN: Theresa May danced her way to the podium as she gave her address at the Conservative Party’s annual conference.

#RUSSIA: Putin labelled former double agent and Novichok victim Sergei Skripal a “traitor” and a “scumbag”.

#RONALDO: The footballer has denied accusations that he raped an American woman in 2009, The42.ie reports.

PARTING SHOT

Lads, seriously. No, I mean it. This whole Krispy Kreme situation – it’s starting to make us look like eejits. 

Demand has been so high they’ve had to shut down the 24 hour drive-thru and now they’re shutting the whole gaf around 11.30. 

Seriously – behave yourselves. 

Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland