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

IRELAND

Rhys McClenaghan reacts after competing in the Men's Pommel Horse Final on the eighth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• Rhys McClenaghan claimed gold in the men’s pommel horse final and made history in claiming the first Irish gymnast to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
• A young woman who died in suspicious circumstances in an incident at an apartment in Midleton, Co Cork was named locally as Daena Walsh.
• PSNI riot officer were deployed to anti-immigrant protests and counter protests in Belfast. Two arrests were made and the PSNI said it is “aware of a number of reports of criminal damage which we are currently treating as hate crimes”.
• A man carried out a series of attacks by crashing a van into gates of Áras an Uachtaráin, the Custom House and Government Buildings in Dublin after suffering “delusional fantasies”, a court heard.
• An investigation was launched into an attack by a large group of men, some armed with weapons, in north Dublin yesterday evening.
• Police in the North are appealing for information after a man was found with his arms bound after reportedly being attacked by three masked men.
• A woman in her 40s, who was arrested on Thursday as part of investigation into a fatal assault in Knockanure, Co Kerry, has been released without charge.
• Families who are waiting to move into a new affordable housing estate in north Dublin are facing major delays in getting the keys to their new homes, with no date in sight for when they will be able to move in.
• While there are no plans for a monument to Sinéad O’Connor in Wicklow in the works at the moment, it’s not something that has been ruled out, Leas Cathaoirleach of the Bray Municipal District Erika Doyle said.

INTERNATIONAL

Residents of Sunderland take to the streets to clean up after far right protests last night. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#SOMALIA: An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing at least 32 people and wounding scores more, in one of the deadliest strikes in the East African country in months.

#UK RIOTS: Riot police have been involved in face-offs with far-right protesters across the UK as British ministers are expected to meet to discuss the potential for further widespread disorder.

#WEST BANK: Israeli airstrikes in the occupied West Bank killed nine Palestinians, according to Israel’s army and Palestinian media, as violence flares in the Israeli-occupied territory.

#PLEA AGREEMENT: The US Defence secretary Lloyd Austin overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants.

#ROSTOV: Ukrainian drones targeted a military airfield and oil depot in Russia, a defence source in Kyiv said today, after Moscow reported repelling the latest aerial barrage.

PARTING SHOT

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs at Fenway Park in Boston in 2022. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Rock band Aerosmith have announced their retirement from touring after the band said it was “not possible” for frontman Steven Tyler to fully recover from a vocal cord injury.

In a statement, the band described Tyler’s voice as an “instrument like no other” and said Tyler has spent months “tirelessly working on getting his voice to where it was before his injury”.

The band cancelled dates on their farewell tour, Peace Out, last September because Tyler was receiving “ongoing care” for damage to his vocal cords and a fractured larynx.

The band said the decision to retire from touring is a “heartbreaking but necessary” one.

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