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

Minister Seán Canney, with special responsibility for the Irish Coast Guard officially turned the sod for the new Coast Guard Station in Greystones, Co. Wicklow. The €7.03 million project is being delivered in partnership with the Office of Public Works, whose Minister of State Kevin Boxer Moran also joined the ceremony. Department of Transport via Rollingnews.ie Department of Transport via Rollingnews.ie

IRELAND

• Tánaiste Simon Harris is to become the new Minister for Finance after Paschal Donohoe confirmed he’s leaving the Dáil to take up a new role at the World Bank.
• A woman has died and her husband was seriously injured after they were stabbed outside their home in Cork City last night.
• A High Court judge has ordered Enoch Burke to return to prison for contempt of court after repeatedly trespassing at Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath. 
• Met Éireann has announced a Snow-Ice warning for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim, and Sligo, effective from midnight.
• With Paschal Donohoe’s move to the World Bank and Simon Harris’s ministerial relocation to Finance, there has been a mini Cabinet reshuffle.
• Gardaí have launched an international enquiry via diplomatic channels on the authenticity of documentation concerning a Somalian youth accused of murdering Ukrainian teenager Vadym Davydenko in a care centre in Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

The Speaker of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates Saqr Ghobash, fourth right, tours the Parliament building in the company of the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Laszlo Kover, second right, during their meeting in Budapest, Hungary. Attila Kovacs / MTI via AP Attila Kovacs / MTI via AP / MTI via AP

#THE EPSTEIN FILES: US lawmakers voted today to release government records on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after President Donald Trump walked back months of opposition to opening a case file tied to one of the country’s most notorious scandals.

#EU’RE NOT WELCOME: Delegates from across the EU and countries hoping to gain access to the powerful bloc gathered in Brussels today to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by expanding the borders of the European Union.

#UNITED NATIONS: The UN Secretary Council has approved a US plan for Gaza that authorises an international stabilisation force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.

PARTING SHOT

Sarah Blount pictured at Stepping Stones School in Co Kildare, where she received her award. Oneesa McWeeney Oneesa McWeeney

A SPECIAL NEEDS assistant at a special school in Maynooth has won the first National SNA Support and Inspire award.

Sarah Blount works at Stepping Stones Special School in Maynooth, Co Kildare. She was nominated for the award by her colleagues and community members.

Blount received her award at the school on Friday. The school is a non-denominational, co-educational school providing high quality education for children with a diagnosis of Autism and complex needs.