Catherine Connolly will be officially declared the country's tenth president at an inauguration ceremony in Dublin Castle later today.

Taiwan issued a land warning and evacuated more than 3,000 people ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong which is expected to bring large amounts of rain to the island's mountainous east coast.

The inauguration of Catherine Connolly as President marks the ultimate stage in a long and winding political journey.

The US Senate has approved a compromise that would end the longest government shutdown in US history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that has disrupted food benefits for millions and left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid.

Follow live updates as Catherine Connolly is officially sworn in as the tenth President of Ireland.