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

IRELAND

Gardaí take part in a simulated terror attack in Dublin. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Paul Murphy claimed the Taoiseach defamed him
• A west of Ireland syndicate collected their €29 million Euromillions prize
• The Finance Minister defended his shareholding in Diageo
• The Dáil went on its summer holidays
• An Irish woman was killed in an accident in Kenya
• There were reports of long queues at Longitude
• The Charleton Tribunal heard that incompetence, not malice, led to a false allegation of rape against Maurice McCabe
• Gardaí carried out a training exercise for a terror attack
• A man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Dublin

INTERNATIONAL

This is an image made available by Sarah Cobbold of the scene of an acid attack in London early this morning. Sarah Cobbold / PA Sarah Cobbold / PA / PA

#LONDON: Two teenage boys have been arrested by police in London after five acid attacks were carried out in just over an hour.

#PARIS: Donald Trump spent Bastille Day in Paris today, watching a marching band play Daft Punk alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.

#ISRAEL: Two Israeli policemen were shot dead at an ultra-sensitive holy site in Jerusalem.

PARTING SHOT

How is Ballyhaunis in Mayo coping with the challenge of integrating new residents? Through the GAA, of course. This Guardian documentary paints a wonderful picture of the town and the club.