Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Cervical check couple say State Claims Agency is ‘self-serving’, and Ireland braced for rainfall – it’s the Fix.

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

IRELAND

rn1 A harvest of golden winter wheat arrives at the Athgarvan Mill in County Kildare today Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

Rainfall warnings are in place for most of the country.
Ruth and Paul Morrissey have described the actions of the State Claims Agency with regard to incorrectly read cervical smear tests as being ‘cynical and self-serving’.
A man who robbed a post office in Dublin said he did so ‘as a joke’.
A Garda convicted of assaulting two women has won his appeal against that conviction.
Sinn Féin will announce its presidential candidate in September.
A boardwalk near the Battle of the Boyne site was damaged in a suspected arson attack.
Irish Water’s hosepipe ban was extended to the end of August.
Tributes were paid to a 25-year-old man stabbed to death in Waterford.
A new home HIV testing kit went on sale across the country.

INTERNATIONAL

Fire in Mati A burnt-out VW beetle stands in a garden in Mati, Greece DPA / PA Images DPA / PA Images / PA Images

#GREECE: Reports suggest that arson may have been the cause of the deadly wildfires near Athens in recent days.

#LONDON: A man has been jailed for the rape of a girl in 1978.

PARTING SHOT

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