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

IRELAND

Paul Murphy TD and five others outside the Central Criminal Court today, after a jury found them not guilty Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and five other men were found not guilty of falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton and her adviser during a 2014 water charges protest.
• Negotiations to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland were extended until Monday after parties failed to reach a deal before today’s 4pm deadline.
• 25 legal abortions were carried out in Ireland in 2016, according to figures from the Department of Health.
• Gardaí revealed that 89 homicides over 14 years were not counted due to a ‘process issue’.
• A one-year-old baby boy died on a farm in Kilkenny.
• An eight-year-old boy was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Meath.
• Gardaí in Carlow renewed their appeal for information in relation to the discovery of an unconscious woman in her 50s on Sunday.
• Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe hit out at those trying to block the new bin charges regime.

WORLD

Children on Humber Street in Hull as part of Hull 2017, UK City of Culture Danny Lawson / PA Wire/PA Images Danny Lawson / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images

#US: The Supreme Court’s partial reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban will go into effect today.

#LONDON: A 52-year-old man was arrested by police on suspicion of fraudulently attempting to gain money and housing by pretending he had lost family members in the Grenfell Tower fire.

#AUSTRALIA: Cardinal George Pell said he will take a leave from the Vatican to return to Australia to fight child sex abuse charges after being given strong backing from Pope Francis, who has not asked him to resign.

PARTING SHOT

It might be almost July but we’re back to using umbrellas – for now, at least – so DailyEdge.ie has rounded up some important brolly etiquette.

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