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

IRELAND

Over 5,000 participants took part part in mental and physical endurance challenge, Hell and Back in Killruddery Estate in Bray. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• A Limerick farmer appeared in court charged with shooting his neighbour in a dispute over land.
• Hundreds turned out on the streets of Dublin to protest against homelessness.
• Seamus Ruddy, one of the ‘Disappeared’, was buried in Down today 32 years after he was murdered and buried in a French forest by the INLA.
• The Luas took its first journey across O’Connell Bridge today as engineers are testing journeys to make sure all is as it should be.
• A man was arrested after he caused €100,000 in damage to the M50′s barrier free toll.
• Gardaí arrested two men after discovering a loaded handgun in a car in Dublin.
• A man in his 30s is a serious condition in hospital after a road traffic accident in Galway.
• It emerged that gardaí have filled just a fraction of counter-terrorism roles they promised at the start of the year.

INTERNATIONAL 

Protesters in Whitehall, London, demanding answers and justice over the Grenfell Tower disaster. JONATHAN BRADY / PA JONATHAN BRADY / PA / PA

#LONDON: The Met police said that the 58 people missing after the Grenfell tower fire are presumed dead.

#USA: Bill Cosby walked free from his sex assault court case after the judge declared a mistrial.

#SPAIN: Manspreading has been banned on all of Madrid’s buses after a campaign.

PARTING SHOT 

We’re big fans of Anchorman over here in Journal Towers so we were delighted when journalists from ITV, Sky News and Channel 4 came together to recreate the iconic fight scene for comedy show The Last Leg. The DailyEdge has the video in all its glory here.

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