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

IRELAND

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar marches with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Montreal Pride Parade. Adam Scotti, PMO Adam Scotti, PMO

• One arrest was made after a man was stabbed in Kilkenny.
• An investigation into an alleged sexual assault was launched.
• Figures revealed that 650 children were left on hospital trolleys so far this year.
• Leo Varadkar marched alongside Justin Trudeau in a Pride parade in Canada.
• Gardaí appealed for help in finding a missing woman in Dublin
• A man and woman were seriously injured in a crash.
• A Fine Gael MEP compared Brexit talks to 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. [RTÉ News]
• The remnants of Hurricane Gert arrived.

INTERNATIONAL

A scene from the colour run on Glasgow Green during the Pride Glasgow festival weekend. PA Images PA Images

#SPAIN: A missing boy was confirmed to have died in Thursday’s attack in Barcelona.

#IRAQ: An attack aimed at toppling one of Islamic State’s last strongholds in the country was launched.

#ROMANIA: A bishop quit after a video emerged of him having sex with a 17-year-old student.

#UNITED STATES: Comedian Jerry Lewis died. [Variety]

#UNITED KINGDOM: A seaside down is in “lockdown” over anti-social behaviour. [Sky News]

PARTING SHOT

Two parents painstakingly documented the sleeping patterns of their newborn daughter to try to make sense of her sleeping patterns – the result is an detailed visualisation of her life slowing becoming less chaotic. [Quartz]

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