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

IRELAND

Defence Forces helping flood victims in Donegal. Irish Defence Forces Irish Defence Forces

• The army worked on flood-relief efforts in Donegal for a second day today.
• Gardaí in Carlow stopped a car and found €1.2 million inside it.
• Minister Denis Naughten is considering gender quotas for Irish radio.
• Documents released under Freedom of Information have revealed the tense negotiations that saw the HSE providing Orkambi to cystic fibrosis patients.
• The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has defended the requirement to have the controversial data card to get a driver’s licence.
• Irish Water Safety has warned about the potential dangers of a using a mermaid tail while swimming as the new craze spreads.
• A man jailed for a car crash which killed eight people has asked the High Court to release him from prison.
• Lawyers for Molly Corbett and Thomas Martens have claimed jury misconduct in a bid to quash their murder convictions.
• The Canadian Ambassador to Ireland thinks his house may be haunted by the ghost of Padraig Pearse.
• Moderators of an Irish online forum have had their personal information leaked after deleting hate speech.

INTERNATIONAL

An overturned trailer sits in a park in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Texas Eric Gay AP / PA Images Eric Gay AP / PA Images / PA Images

#HARVEY DENT-ED: Hurricane Harvey is slowing down, but leaves a trail of destruction in its wake after battering Texas.

#CRASH: Eight people died and at least four people have been hospitalised after a major crash on one of the UK’s busiest motorways involving two lorries and a minibus.

#REPRIEVE: A controversial sheriff who was found guilty of racial profiling has been granted a full pardon by President Donald Trump.

PARTING SHOT

The circus around the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is almost over, and the latter has enlisted the help of another talented Irish person ahead of tonight’s boxing match.

None other than Imelda May will be in Vegas to sing Amhrán na bhFiann before the fight this evening, the DailyEdge reports.

UFC’s Dana White slammed Showtime for leaving it to his organisation to find someone to sing the national anthem at the last-minute, but May stepped up.

G’wan Imelda!

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