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

IRELAND

Tourists are left sheltering at Dublin Castle after two days of sunshine ended. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A Spanish woman reported to gardaí that she was held captive and sexually assaulted in Dublin.
• The Charleton tribunal heard that garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe no longer trusted anybody after a complaint of child sexual assault was made against him.
• A man in his 20s was arrested after he was found to be in possession of a firearm at a Dublin train station.
• There were power outages in Cork after thunder and lightning last night.
• A man who unintentionally injured a woman when he threw a glass into the air in a crowded bar has received a suspended jail sentence.
• Children living in direct provision have spoken about living in “overcrowded” and “dirty” conditions.
• A dying man was refused access to his grandchildren despite clearing his name over an ‘unfounded’ abuse allegation.
• The inquest was held of Corporal Gavin Carey, who died on a beach in Donegal last year.
• Residents in rural Donegal have voiced safety concerns after the spillage of sewage at a wastewater plant.
• Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary went on RTÉ’s Liveline to dismiss complaints over the airline’s controversial allocated seating policy.
• The government was accused by Sinn Féin of ‘wilfully’ releasing inaccurate homelessness figures.

WORLD

People picking lavender in a field in Hitchin in Hertfordshire. Ian West / PA Images Ian West / PA Images / PA Images

#BIG MONEY: The BBC has revealed what some of its biggest TV stars get paid.

#TETE-A-TETE: It’s been revealed that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had an additional, previously undisclosed chat at this month’s G20 summit in Hamburg.

#JUSTINE DAMOND: US investigators say police in Minnesota were startled by a loud sound prior to fatally shooting an unarmed Australian woman.

PARTING SHOT

If the weather warnings are getting you down – or you just need a couple of minutes to relax midweek – these shots of a sunset over Skerries might just help. A beautiful video by Mark Broderick.

Mark Broderick / Vimeo

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