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

IRELAND

Members of the Fine Gael Party cast their vote in the leadership contest between Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney at Moran's Hotel at the Red Cow in Dublin. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• It emerged the Sisters of Charity will not own or run the new National Maternity Hospital.
• The HSE issued a statement after over 50 people contracted suspected salmonella in the north Dublin area.
• The 3Arena announced that backpacks, larger purses or bags are not allowed inside for tomorrow’s Shawn Mendes concert following the Manchester bomb attack.
• A man who got himself caught up in a €837,000 heroin deal avoided jail.
• Concerns were raised over Ireland’s secret services as it emerged how the budget is not being spent in full.
• The Jobstown trial heard from a garda who said he was branded a “woman beater” and a “uniformed scumbag” as he policed the protest.
• The victim of yesterday’s gun murder in Down yesterday was named as prominent loyalist Colin Horner.
• Plans to reduce congestion in Dublin city centre were unveiled by National Transport Authority (NTA) today.

INTERNATIONAL

Racers at Cooper's Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, where a cheese has been chased down the 200 yard, one-in-three gradient hill, annually, since the early 1800s. PA PA

#IN THE ROUGH: Tiger Woods was arrested for drink driving in Florida, The42.ie reports.

#UK: A female zookeeper has died in the Cambridge area of England after she was attacked by a tiger.

#PARIS: The mayor of the French capital has called for a black feminist festival in the city to be banned, saying it was “prohibited to white people”.

PARTING SHOT

He may well be best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek but one thing’s for sure, very few people knew Patrick Stewart was an ardent Huddersfield Town fan.

The Championship side secured promotion to the Premier League today and people were just delighted for Stewart.

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