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

IRELAND

Mayo's All-Ireland-winning footballers joined The Saw Doctors on stage at Electric Picnic this evening for a rousing rendition of The Green and Red of Mayo. Pictured are fans Cian Donnelly, Sophie Heneghan, Kieran Jordan, Darragh Jordan, Izzy Tierney, Jamie Walsh from Killala, Ballina and Knockmore. Valerie Flynn / The Journal Valerie Flynn / The Journal / The Journal

• Electric Picnic boss Melvin Benn has strongly defended the festival’s organisation and crowd safety provisions after a crowd collapse at a too-small venue on Friday night.
• A deeply upsetting video that depicts a patient being treated poorly by a healthcare worker was not filmed in University Hospital Limerick, it has emerged.
• A man in his 30s has been arrested following the alleged assault of two women in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.
• In a good day for Irish rowing, Ireland’s Fiona Murtagh won a silver medal in the women’s single sculls A final at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, while Mags Cremen and Konan Pazzaia also took silver in the mixed double sculls.
• Three young men are in hospital following scenes of violent disorder in Leopardstown, Co Dublin, on Saturday night. A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with the incident.
• Two men in their 50s and 60s have been charged following the seizure of drugs worth €2.3 million in Blanchardstown, Co Dublin.
• Simon Harris has revealed some further details about the new government savings and investment account.
• A status yellow rain and thunderstorm warning is in place for the whole country.
• A man in his 40s has died following a road traffic collision involving a van in Co Sligo.
• A child remains in critical condition as police continue to investigate the death of a man in Co Tyrone.
• A man in his 30s has been arrested following a hit-and-run that killed a cyclist in Co Meath. He was subsequently released without charge. 

INTERNATIONAL

Ontario Premier Doug Ford (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

#WHOSE LAKE A Canadian premier has erected a huge sign on the shores of Lake Ontario which reads “Lake Ontario. Now and Always”. This is in response to Trump signing an order to change the lake’s name to Lake America.

#BURIALS Nepal has begun burying some of the hundreds of bodies recovered after devastating floods, after taking DNA samples and marking them so families can later retrieve them. This comes as the death toll nearly reaches 800.

#FERRY CAPSIZE At least eight people are dead and 23 are missing after ferry carrying 267 people capsized off northern Cyprus

#NO TO EU Iceland has voted against resuming membership talks with the European Union.

#INFANTINOCIDE? The Dutch Football Association has said it “no longer has confidence” in Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s leadership and the way the organisation is governed “must change”. It also proposed hosting a summit on the future of football’s world governing body which does not involve Infantino. 

#SHOOTING A manhunt is underway after a woman was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a rave in northern Switzerland.

PARTING SHOT

Alamy Alamy

Garden homes are starting to be registered with councils following the change in rules last month.

Plans for 103 backyard homes have been received by local councils across the country since the new rules took effect on 27 July.

Housing Minister James Browne changed legislation to allow the homes be built without planning permission in the latest bid to combat the housing crisis.

South Dublin County Council has received the most notifications by far, with 18 in the first month of the new rules. There is also strong interest in north Dublin, where Fingal County Council has been told about seven plans so far.

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