was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate to contest the Presidential Election. 18 September President Higgins signed the Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018, thereby repealing the Eighth Amendment and allowing for abortion legislation. Businessman Peter Casey secured a nomination to contest the Presidential Election after receiving the support of four local authorities. 19 September A Status Orange wind warning was in effect due to Storm Ali. Over 186,000 homes, businesses and farms were without power as a result of the storm. A Swiss tourist in her 50s died after the caravan she was sleeping in blew off a cliff in Claddaghduff, County Galway due to Storm Ali. The second day of the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore was cancelled due to public safety concerns following extreme weather conditions. 22 September Protesters staged a sit-down protest on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin as part of a rally calling for an end to evictions, more social housing and affordable rent. Two investigations were launched after a woman drove through the gate of Áras an Uachtaráin, walked in the front door and accosted President Higgins a week earlier. 24 September Nearly 100 children were evacuated from Drumgossatt National School near Carrickmacross when a sinkhole opened up on the grounds of the school. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar highlighted the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement during a speech at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit at the United Nations. 25 September – A Sinn Féin motion of no confidence in Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy was defeated in the Dáil by 59 votes to 49 votes with 29 abstentions. 26 September The deadline for nominations to contest the Presidential Election passed. 18-year-old student Rebecca Carter, who was in danger of losing her university place after the marks on one of her Leaving Certificate papers were incorrectly added up, won her case against the State Examinations Commission in the High Court. 27 September – A man who was late for a flight to Amsterdam was pinned down by Ryanair staff and police after running out of the Dublin Airport terminal onto the tarmac. 30 September – The bodies of three men were recovered from the water close to their upturned rib near Coonanna in South Kerry. October 1 October Twelve people were arrested as part of an ongoing Garda investigation into child abuse. Fine Gael TD Peter Fitzpatrick resigned from the