After a busy weekend of news and sport, well rugby, here's a few stories you may have missed over the weekend.
Bobby Kerr sleeps rough for Focus Ireland's Shine a Light campaign
Homelessness has become a massive issue in recent years, with thousands of people across the country now without homes.
On Friday night, Focus Ireland asked business leaders to sleep out for one night to 'Shine a Light' on homelessness, sending a message of solidarity and hope to people experiencing homelessness in Ireland today.
Just finding my spot to sleep out at @FocusIreland #ShineaLight night here in Christchurch pic.twitter.com/5KCJRtLYei
— Bobby Kerr (@bobbykerr) October 16, 2015
Taoiseach condemns desecration of a book of condolence for the late Garda Tony Golden
Speaking at a Fine Gael event in Dublin, Enda Kenny said he was "dismayed" at the news.
The book was defaced by a member of the public at Drogheda Garda Station on Tuesday.
Since then, the book has been removed and it's reported that the person responsible could potentially face criminal charges.
Dublin Fire Brigade help deliver baby girl on M50
A baby girl has been born on Dublin's M50 motorway this morning with the assistance of paramedics from the Dublin Fire Brigade.
The emergency crew from Kilbarrack Fire station were called out shortly before 3.30am today and the baby was born at 3.45am at junction 4 southbound.
Fire and ambulance crews from Kilbarrack assisted the delivery of a baby girl on the M50 at 0330. #fastlanedelivery pic.twitter.com/EtEz9Z5bdC
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 18, 2015
Irish Rail strike confirmed for Friday 23rd October
Thousands of rail users will have to make alternative travel plans next Friday after talks between unions and management at Iarnrod Eireann collapsed overnight.
Train drivers will walk off the job between 6am and 9am next Friday morning in a dispute over pay, and members of SIPTU and the National Bus and Railworkers' Union say they'll down tools again on Friday November 6th if they still haven't got what they want.
Man stabs German mayoral candidate in 'racist' attack
A 58-year-old mayoral candidate has been stabbed in what is believed to be an incident relating to Germany's current mass influx of asylum seekers.
While campaigning in Cologne, Henriette Reker - an independent candidate who is supported by Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party - was stabbed in the neck.
The 44-year-old attacker "said he had a racist motivation for committing this act," a news conference was informed by Cologne police official Norbert Wagner.
