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

IRELAND

A mime artist inside a pop-up café on Dublin's Camden Street. Leon Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leon Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• A child has been rushed to hospital and is said to be in a critical condition after a violent incident in Crumlin.
• The Disclosures Tribunal heard that there was no error made that was in favour of Sergeant Maurice McCabe.
• A 35-year-old who admitted to beating a 62-year-old man to death at an address in Terenure, in Dublin, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
• A new garda operation caught five taxis ‘taking longer route’ to Dublin Airport.
• Promoters have issued a warning about fake tickets for Ed Sheeran’s Irish gigs going on sale on resale websites at inflated prices.
• There were delays at Connolly Station today after two trucks struck Amiens Street Bridge hours apart.
• An IRA bomb-maker has apologised for his part in the Birmingham bombings.
• A man was arrested with a ‘pellet gun’ at a Dart station.
• Two men who died off the Donegal coast were named locally.
• The winner of last Friday’s €28 million Euromillions jackpot has got in touch with the National Lottery.
• The Herald has apologised after mistaking English musician Stormzy for Belgian footballer Romelu Lukaku on its back page.
• There has been three attacks on sheep in Newry in as many weeks.

INTERNATIONAL

Australian Prime Minister arrives for talks with his British counterpart Theresa May Hannah McKay / PA Images Hannah McKay / PA Images / PA Images

#ANNE MARIE MORRIS: A Conservative MP got into hot water for using the n-word in a Brexit discussion.

#OHIO: A pregnant woman lost her baby after a shooting at a gender reveal party near Cincinnati, Ohio.

#IVANKA: Donald Trump has joined Angela Merkel in defending the presence of his daughter Ivanka at the G20 summit.

PARTING SHOT

Venezuelans have been struggling under a flailing economy for the years now, and the country has suffered riots and violence on the streets in the past few weeks.

This piece from the Washington Post describes how people have begun to ration toothpaste, such is the severity of the situation.

Now she spends everything she earns to fend off hunger. Her shoes are tattered and torn, but she cannot afford new ones. A tube of toothpaste costs half a week’s wages.

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