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

IRELAND

Ciaran Healy from Firhouse takes part i a Currach race on the River Liffey in Dublin City Centre. The race was organised by Oireachtas na Gaeilge as part of Culture Night. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Flaring at the Corrib gas field forced evacuations in Mayo
• The acting Garda Commissioner addressed the breath test scandal
• The Trevor Deely search site in Dublin was cleared
• The plan for Dublin’s newest suburb was launched
• An explosive device was thrown into a house in Limerick
• George Hook stepped down from his High Noon show
• A man in his 60s died in a quad bike accident
• The Disclosures Tribunal heard a whistleblower’s partner withdrew a statement about his behaviour

INTERNATIONAL

Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech in Florence, Italy. Jeff J Mitchell / AP Jeff J Mitchell / AP / AP

#BREXIT: Prime Minister Theresa May proposed a two-year transition period for Britain after it leaves the European Union, suggesting that the UK would continue to “honour its commitments” under the bloc’s current budget.

#DOTARD: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un called Donald Trump “mentally deranged” and a “dotard”.

#MARIA: The death toll from Hurricane Maria rose to 33.

PARTING SHOT

Tinder for bulls? Our Daragh Brophy found out all about it at the Ploughing.

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