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

IRELAND

Minister Simon Harris, Senator Emer Currie and Minister Heather Humphreys talk with Oliver McVeigh (left), brother of Columba McVeigh Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• A young man has been killed in a workplace accident in Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal.
• Seven men have been remanded in custody after appearing before a court charged with the attempted murder of a senior PSNI detective.
• A truck driver has been hospitalised with serious injuries following a single vehicle collision in Co Wexford. 
• Legislation banning the sale of e-cigarettes to those under 18 is expected to be enacted before the Dáil’s summer recess.
• Justice Minister Simon Harris has appealed to anyone with information on the location of the remains of the Disappeared to come forward.
• Harris also said today that there is a “need for everyone to take a bit of a deep breath” over rows within the coalition Government about budgetary measures.
• Supermarkets are seeing much stronger growth in own-label products compared to branded goods as shoppers grapple with grocery price inflation.
• A man has appeared in court after two pipe bombs were found in a bag at a Garda station in Dublin.
• Some families who have nowhere to go following a fire at a high-rise in Blanchardstown yesterday have been given temporary accommodation.
• The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has issued an urgent appeal for blood donations.

INTERNATIONAL

People take cover at metro station during a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#UGANDA: US President Joe Biden has slammed Uganda’s draconian new law against homosexuality as a grave human rights violation.

#UKRAINE: Explosions have rattled Kyiv during daylight as Russian ballistic missiles took aim at the Ukrainian capital.

#WILDFIRES: The EU has doubled the number of aircraft available to help fight forest and wildfires in the bloc and neighbouring countries to 28 in total.

#ITV: Phillip Schofield has hit back at “the same handful of people with a grudge against me” and denied that there was any “toxicity” at This Morning.

PARTING SHOT

Well, today was a big day for all of us Succession fans as the show’s finale has aired.

To mark the occassion, why not try your hand at our quiz:

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