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

IRELAND

Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland Michael Jackson blesses guide dogs in Christ Church Cathedral earlier today Crispin Rodwell Crispin Rodwell

• New housing minister Eoghan Murphy says he may scrap the controversial help-to-buy scheme.
• Two people were knocked down by a 4×4 in a hit-and-run incident in Carlow.
• An associate of murdered gang leader David Byrne has been arrested after gardaí foiled a gangland murder.
• The current fine spell of weather is set to stretch into next week.
• A man in his 30s has died after being struck by a car yesterday in Galway.

INTERNATIONAL 

Police investigators stand beside a burnt car on a motorway that was engulfed by a forest fire in Portugal earlier today AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#LONDON: The cladding around Grenfell Tower which has been blamed for the inferno which engulfed the tower is ‘illegal in the UK’.

#PORTUGAL: At least 62 people have died after a Portuguese forest fire overwhelmed drivers on a motorway.

#FRANCE: A renowned matador has died after slipping on his own cape and being gored by a bull.

#MACRON: The new French president looks set to establish a commanding majority in parliamentary elections.

PARTING SHOT

A different perspective on the National Gallery, courtesy of Donal Moloney.

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