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

IRELAND

The Mayor of Dublin Mícheál MacDonncha and Dublin GAA senior hurler, David Treacy joined Samaritan volunteers and staff on the Rosie Hackett Bridge today as part of the Samaritans Talk to Us campaign. SON Photographic Ltd SON Photographic Ltd

• Large parts of Meath and Louth remained without water
• A teenager was killed in a motorcycle crash in Coolock
• A man who set fire to an apartment building faced court
• A man was killed by a truck in Cork city
• RTÉ said it would review its in-house gender pay gap
• A man was knocked down and killed in Limerick
• The High Court refused to extradite Ian Bailey
• A bakery was found not to have discriminated against a man when it refused to bake the anti-gay marriage cake he requested

INTERNATIONAL

Charlie Gard's parents Chris Gard and Connie Yates speak to the media outside the High Court, London. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#CHARLIE GARD: The parents of terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard dropped their fight to take him to the US for treatment.

#CHAINSAW: A manhunt is underway after five people were injured in a chainsaw attack in Switzerland.

#CAN’T SHUSH THE KUSH: Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said that he did not collude with Russia in last year’s election.

PARTING SHOT

So long, old friend. After 32 years, Microsoft is getting rid of MS Paint.

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