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

IRELAND

Holy Cross Church in Tramore where a stabbing was carried out early Tuesday morning. Eoghan Dalton / The Journal Eoghan Dalton / The Journal / The Journal

• A woman was hospitalised after being stabbed at church in Tramore, Co Waterford.
• Tax and insurance will become a requirement for using an e-scooter, Tánaiste Simon Harris said.
• A UCD medical student who claims she was raped by a fellow student begun her appeal against the High Court’s dismissal of her case against the university.
• A self-described trainee barrister was accused of leaving a garda with a tennis ball-sized lump on his forehead in a Dublin city centre assault.
• A woman who booked out an entire holiday home told of how the “blood drained from my face” when she realised the property’s owner was “hiding” behind a wall.
• Cyclist barriers at Capel Street and Parliament Street in Dublin have been removed following an attempt by Dublin City Council to slow down bike and scooter traffic.
• Osgur Breathnach’s wrongful conviction for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago was officially declared a miscarriage of justice.
• A nine-year-old boy whose family campaigned for a change to Northern Ireland’s organ donation rules has received a heart transplant after years of waiting.

INTERNATIONAL

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrives to applause at his first Cabinet meeting PA PA

#US AND IRAN: Iran targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Persian Gulf, warning that the conflict had become “a full-scale war“.

#PALESTINE: The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earth barrier separating more than 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the Palestinian enclave.

#NO YOU HANG UP: New British PM Andy Burnham and Taoiseach Micheál Martin discussed legacy issues in the North and Ukraine during their first phone call.

#GERMANY: A group of seven Irish politicians travelled to Germany to attend the trial of an Irish man and four other pro-Palestinian activists charged with causing about €1 million worth of damage at the factory of an Israeli-owned defence company.

#WIDDECOMBE DEATH: The man charged with killing Ann Widdecombe is accused of hitting her head 21 times with a hammer.

PARTING SHOT

In his Rockin’ The Suburbs series, journalist and spoken word artist Cormac Fitzgerald travels to a different town or suburb each week to cover the gigs and cultural experiences you rarely see covered by Irish media outlets.

This week, Cormac covers a Friday night at the bingo in Whitehall.

“Tradition and community still a big draw – and with many ways to drop cash, it’s not just the punters winning,” Cormac writes, with his full write-up here.