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

Daisey the Australian Labradoodle and her owner Eilis Moore enjoying the music of Niamh and Aoife Ní Cheallaigh, Tomas O Ceallaigh and Aodh Mac Murchaidh on O'Connell street at the Fleadh in Ennis. Eamon Ward Eamon Ward

IRELAND

• A demonstration was held calling for the release of Irish man Ibrahim Halawa on the fourth anniversary of his incarceration in an Egyptian prison.
• Police in Northern Ireland appealed for witnesses to come forward after a man was left unrecognisable in an assault in Antrim.
• The intended target of a Ballymun shooting yesterday had been warned by gardaí of the threat to his life months beforehand.
• An English man held in Ireland on child sex offences was released following a court decision.
• A Belfast court ruled that Northern Ireland‘s ban on same-sex marriage does not breach human rights.
• Minister for Sport Shane Ross told a Dáil committee the treatment of Ireland’s athletes in terms of ticket allocation last year was “shambolic”.
• It was announced that Ivan Yates will take over Newstalk’s drivetime show from September.
• A rainfall warning was issued for five counties as a US hurricane impacts on Irish weather.
• Gardaí renewed an appeal for help in finding a man missing since last year.
• The Irish Dental Association (IDA) said that some children are waiting up to 12 years for their first dental screening.

WORLD

People flee the scene in Barcelona, Spain, following a terrorist attack on popular tourist destination Las Ramblas. AP Photo / Giannis Papanikos AP Photo / Giannis Papanikos / Giannis Papanikos

#SPAIN: At least 13 people have died and 80 have been injured after a van rammed into crowds in Barcelona, in what police are treating as a terrorist attack.

#SIERRA LEONE: Over 100 children have been confirmed dead and mass burials began following catastrophic mudslides in the country.

#UNITED STATES: Defence lawyers for Molly Corbett and Thomas Martens filed a motion seeking a new trial in the 2015 death of Irish man Jason Corbett.

#WHITE HOUSE: Chief strategist Steve Bannon criticised the far-right in a surprise interview with American Prospect, a left-leaning political website.

PARTING SHOT

US president Donald Trump has come under a lot of fire recently for his reaction to the Charlottesville riots last week. The Economist magazine is getting a lot of praise for this cover summing things up.

(Via Dailyedge)

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