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

IRELAND

• The Government will make a decision about 5 July reopening plans early next week.
• Health officials confirmed another 340 new cases in Ireland.
• Commercial airline pilots expressed concern that their inability to fly as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic means their licences may become invalid, requiring them to retrain at a cost of thousands of Euro.
• The first phase of the new BusConnects network in Dublin comes into operation today.
• A woman in her 30s has died in a car crash in Longford overnight.
• Gardaí are looking for a 32-year-old man missing from Co Tipperary.

WORLD

Bullfighter Manuel Escribano reacts in front of a bull during a bullfight amid the coronavirus pandemic at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain. Manu Fernandez Manu Fernandez

#FRANCE: French police appealed for witnesses as they launched a probe into the giant domino-effect pile-up that marred the opening stage at the Tour de France, caused by a spectator who leaned into the path of the speeding peloton holding up a sign.

#UK: Then English Government is to launch an internal investigation into how CCTV footage of Matt Hancock was leaked, a Cabinet minister has said.

#AUSTRALIA: Million of Sydney residents woke to the first full day of a two-week coronavirus lockdown, as Australia tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. 

PARTING SHOT

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— Jim O'Callaghan (@OCallaghanJim) June 27, 2021