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

IRELAND

Katherine Zappone and her wife Ann Louise Gilligan (right Graham Hughes / Rollingnews.ie Graham Hughes / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Tributes have poured in for Ann Louise Gilligan, the late wife of Minister for Children Katherine Zappone
• Graham Dwyer has taken a case to the High Court over the use of mobile phone records in his trial
• Sinn Féin TDs were at Leinster House today to demand speaking time
• We’re in for a scorcher of a weekend
• A man was charged with the murder of Dublin woman Patricia O’Connor, whose remains were discovered at several remote locations in the Wicklow Mountains
• From September, only VHI customers will be able to use VHI SwiftCare clinics
• There are 79 unemployment blackspots in Ireland, with Limerick the worst county affected
• A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured in a crash in Co Kildare

WORLD

A schoolgirl writes a message on a wall for the victims of, and in support of those affected by, the massive fire in Grenfell Tower, London Alastair Grant Alastair Grant

#GRENFELL TOWER: Police say they may be unable to identify all victims of the tower block fire. Meanwhile, as Theresa May orders a full inquiry into the blaze, the cladding on the tower has been linked to a similar fire in Melbourne.

#COSBY: The jury in the comedian’s trial for sexual assault has announced that it is deadlocked.

PARTING SHOT

Tonight, the bat signal will shine into the LA skies one last time (first time?) in honour of actor Adam West, who played the Caped Crusader in the 1960s Batman TV series, who passed away last week, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Adam West as Batman in the 1960s TV series 20th Century Fox Television 20th Century Fox Television

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