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

IRELAND

Health Minister Simon Harris and Minister Catherine Byrne launching the new National Cancer Strategy. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• The Disclosures Tribunal heard that gardaí told a social worker they had to keep the erroneous McCabe report on file.
• It has been confirmed that Vincent Browne is stepping down from his TV3 show.
• Green Party leader Eamon Ryan then raised a stink in the Dáil when he presented a bag of his plastic household waste to make a point about recycling.
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was told in the Dáil that it took Europe to take action on skyrocketing insurance hikes.
• €730,000 worth of cannabis found at Dublin Port concealed in truck carrying farm machinery.
• A group of tillage farmers occupied the Department of Agriculture building in Dublin today to demand a meeting with the Minister.
• Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has published emergency legislation to close a planning permission “blunder”.
• The DUP has accused the Irish government of trying to stick its nose in Stormont talks.
• This explainer delves into the potential implications of the new pay-by-weight bin charges.
• The acquitted Jobstown protesters have gathered political support for an inquiry into the investigation.
• Gardaí are now treating the case of a missing Leitrim man as murder.

INTERNATIONAL

Queen Elizabeth II meeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Edinburgh today. Andrew Milligan / PA Images Andrew Milligan / PA Images / PA Images

#MH17: The Netherlands has vowed to prosecute anyone suspected of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

#AUSCHWITZ: A US congressman has come under fire for sending a “message to America” from inside the Auschwitz Memorial.

#G20: German police have used water cannon on G20 protesters, with 100,000 expected on the streets of Hamburg on Friday for the summit.

PARTING SHOT

CNN managed to track down the Reddit user who initially claimed credit for the now-infamous tweet showing US President Donald Trump tackling the news agency to the ground.

Reddit user ”HanA**holeSolo” has now apologised to CNN for creating the video. ”The meme was created purely as satire, it was not meant to be a call to violence against CNN or any other news affiliation,” he wrote.

You can read it here.

However, the hashtag #CNNBlackmail began to trend throughout the day in the US in reaction to the apology, with Donald Trump Jr leading the charge against CNN.

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