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

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sign the visitors book in the office of the Taoiseach. CLODAGH KILCOYNE via Rollingnews CLODAGH KILCOYNE via Rollingnews

IRELAND

• Michael D Higgins has confirmed he will seek a second term in the Áras, as had been widely expected.
• Meanwhile, former presidential candidate Sean Gallagher has written to all of the councils in Ireland asking that they formally set aside time to discuss nominations for the president of Ireland.
• Ryanair has announced that it will cancel 30 of its 290 Irish flights this Thursday due to strike action.
• David Drumm, the former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank, has received a fully suspended sentence of 15 months for his role in an illegal loan scheme.
• The trail of a young woman charged with dangerous driving causing the death of four friends has heard how her car “shot across the road” into the wrong lane before colliding with a van.
• Health Minister Simin Harris has agreed to fund a new patient advocacy service to assist those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended the government’s decision to have a referendum on the deletion of the wording on a woman’s place in the home from the Constitution.
• The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Ireland for their first foreign trip since getting married in May.

Peoples celebrate after divers evacuated some of the 12 boys and their coach trapped at Tham Luang cave Sakchai Lalit via PA Images Sakchai Lalit via PA Images

INTERNATIONAL

#THAILAND All 12 boys and their football coach have been rescued from a flooded Thai cave today, completing an astonishing rescue mission that has captivated the world.

#KEEP CALM IT’S COMING HOME British Police have warned World Cup fans to behave ahead of a semi-final clash with Croatia, saying there had been “significant disorder” after England’s win over Sweden.

#MONTANA An arrest has been made after a five-month-old baby was found alive buried under debris in Montana woods in the US.

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