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

IRELAND

The Fingal Mummers entertain on Parliament Street on day one of the Dublin City Fleadh. Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• An Irish man (45) has been charged with murder in Australia following the death of an Irish woman (39) in Melbourne. The woman was found with serious injuries and subsequently passed away.
• A murder probe has been launched following death of Brazilian woman at an apartment block in Limerick.
• Irish musician Eithne Vallely (81) has died after being hit by a lorry in Co Armagh.
• A woman in her 80s who was seriously injured when hit by a car last Thursday in Co Mayo has died in hospital.
• A high court judge has said that solicitors refusing to act for defendants in the district court due to their criminal legal aid dispute “is akin to some firemen standing by and refusing to put out a few sparks because of a dispute over pay”.
• A proposal by one of the State’s earliest commissions to move most of the Gaeltacht population to better land was rejected by the then Free State Government back in 1926, it has emerged.
• A Limerick family whose stolen car featured in the social media posts of one of the boys who died in the M9 crash on Sunday has said that gardaí told them TikTok videos rarely stand up as evidence in court, and as a result little could be done. 
• The presence of the rare 2mm snail, the Vertigo Angustior at Trump Doonbeg in Co Clare has resulted in a fresh hurdle being placed in the Trump firm’s plans to build a ballroom for the resort.

INTERNATIONAL

Police officers at the scene of the fatal crash in Middlesbrough, England. PA PA

#WRONG WAY CRASH Seven people, including two police officers, have died in a crash involving a car driving the wrong-way on the A66 near Middlesbrough, England, following a pursuit in the early hours of Saturday.

#MORE TARIFFS Trump has imposed 50% tariffs after on some Canadian products, after US-Canada trade talks collapsed at the last minute. Canada subsequently said that it will retaliate “dollar for dollar”. 

#TIKTOK The social media giant has reached a $400 million (€341.91 million) settlement with the US Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children’s privacy laws.

PARTING SHOT

Wildfires are exposing unexploded bombs across Europe. Pictured is a 1.8 tonne bomb which had to be defused after being found in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo / Michael Probst AP Photo / Michael Probst / Michael Probst

The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from the World Wars that threaten crews responding to the flames.

Some of the weapons have exploded in the intense heat. Blasts have been reported in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

Fires can ignite old munitions and also burn away the scrub and brush that hides them.