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

IRELAND

Minister for Transport Shane Ross gets to grips with a canoe during the launch of the National Sports Policy in Dublin earlier today Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• An Irish man on his honeymoon has been confirmed to have died in the wildfires happening in Greece at present.
• Eamon Dunphy is leaving RTÉ.
• A man was shot in the leg as two separate incidents involving firearms occurred within a half hour of each other in north Dublin.
• Four female lecturers at NUIG have been promoted after settling a gender discrimination case.
• A man has pleaded guilty to facilitating a gang in carrying out the fatal shooting of Michael Barr at the Sunset House in north Dublin in early 2016.
• Thousands of healthcare workers will strike in September.
• The Dublin coroner has urged parental vigilance after a 10-year-old boy died from an allergic reaction after eating a Peri Peri McDonald’s wrap.
• A 70-year-old man has died in a Co Galway farming accident.
• Ryanair pilots in Ireland are set to strike on the Friday of the August bank holiday weekend.
• A new archaeological discovery has been made in the Boyne Valley.

INTERNATIONAL

Demi Lovato Pedro Fiuza / PA Images Pedro Fiuza / PA Images / PA Images

#DEMI LOVATO: The singer’s family say she is awake and recovering with family.

#GREECE: 79 people have died and 187 have been injured in the deadly wildfires that have raged in Greece for the several days.

#BRITAIN: Five people have been charged in the UK in connection with an acid attack on a three-year-old boy.

PARTING SHOT

Eamon Dunphy is leaving RTÉ – here’s the best of the man’s oft incisive, oft ludicrous analysis spanning a 40-year-career:

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