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

IRELAND

A man jumps into the Liffey as part of today's Liffey Swim at the Customs House Dock. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The GAA announced the Liam Miller tribute game will be played at Pairc Uí Chaoimh
• But the association’s president  wasn’t happy with government ministers
• Ryanair flights were hit by bad weather in London
• Opposition parties asked questions about Cervical Check cases
• It rained – a lot
• A man was jailed for a knife attack on his ex-wife
• A teen who caused damage to the Oberstown campus was jailed
• Balbriggan beach was closed to swimmers

INTERNATIONAL

Cars scorched by the Carr Fire rest at a residence in Redding, California.Source: Noah Berger

#CALIFORNIA: Thousands have fled a wildfire in California which was deliberately set.

#CHURCH:  Pope Francis has told a bishop accused of sexual abuse, including one involving an 11-year-old boy, and to conduct a “life of prayer and penance” in a home to be designated by the pontiff until a church trial is held, the Vatican said.

#BREXIT: How much time is left to do a deal? This handy timeline spells it out.

PARTING SHOT

Germans are the largest ancestry group in the US, but their identity has largely disappeared. This Salon piece examines why.

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