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

Young dancers from Murphy Gray Academy, Isabelle Brown (9), Emile O'Shea (9) and Natalie Toland (10) watching the senior dancers at the 12 hour Riverdanceathon in aid of Cancer Fund for Children outside the Gaiety Theatre. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• Notorious child abuser Bill Kenneally died in prison in the early hours of the morning. 
• A survivor of his horrific abuse said he doesn’t “feel anything” about the paedophile’s death but is “glad” he lived to see the inquiry report published on the case earlier this month.
• The Dáil voted to approve legislation that would remove the mandatory three-day waiting period for those seeking an abortion. Here’s how every TD voted.
• The jury began its deliberations in the sexual offences trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.
• A firefighter told the Parnell Square trial of the chaotic scene he encountered that day, including seeing an “internal organ protruding through” a large laceration on the back of a crèche worker.
• Six people were taken to hospital after a fire destroyed a Dublin home overnight.
• A public inquiry into the abuse of vulnerable people at Muckamore Abbey Hospital found “profound and deeply troubling” failures in their care.
• An Oireachtas Housing Committee report said the government should consider an emergency eviction ban for a defined period of time to take the pressure off existing emergency homeless services – but the coalition leaders dismissed it. 
• Gardaí sealed off a number of locations around Dublin’s Grafton Street after a suspected overnight assault in which a woman was beaten.

INTERNATIONAL

European Council President António Costa, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen greet the press ahead of a roundtable meeting at the European Council Summit in Brussels. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#SIGNED, SEALED… DELIVERED?: The deal to end the war between the US and Iran was signed by both sides in France – here’s what’s in it.

#MOSCOW: Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires in and around the capital, hitting a major oil refinery and forcing evacuations at the country’s largest airport.

#ENGLAND: A man from Norfolk was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure at a zoo in Huntingdonshire.

#MAKERFIELD OR BREAK: The people of Makerfield in northwest England went to the polls for what may just be the most consequential UK byelection of the modern era.

PARTING SHOT

The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

One of England’s most famous trees, the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, has died after standing for more than a millennium.

The ancient oak, which is located in the English midlands and is believed to be between 1,000 and 1,200 years old, failed to produce any leaves this spring, leading experts to conclude that the tree has reached the end of its life.