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

IRISH

Katie Taylor fans mother Deirdre with Blake aged 13, father Paul and Tyler furphy aged 15 outside Croke Park before the big fight. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A commemoration has taken place to mark 100 years since the tragedy known as ‘The Burning’ happened in Dromcollogher, Co Limerick, where a fire at a makeshift cinema killed 48 people.
• A two-year-old child has been rushed to hospital after being knocked down by a vehicle in Co Limerick.
• Tributes have poured in for a teenager, Bryan Lowe, who was killed in a hit-and-run in Co Clare on Friday night.
• All eyes are on Croke Park tonight, as boxing legend Katie Taylor fights her 27th and final bout at home in Croke Park in Dublin. Thousands of excited fans are gathering, and Bono, Rory McIlroy and Ed Sheeran are among many celebrities who have taken to Instagram to wish her good luck.
• Journalist and campaigner Frank McDonald has died at the age of 76 following a short illness.
• A man in his 40s has been arrested following an alleged assault in Dublin city centre today that put another man in hospital. 
• Heather Humphreys has said that she and her family were subjected to “toxic, targeted sectarian abuse” by a minority who “tried to weaponise my identity” during the 2025 presidential campaign.
• Oireachtas media chair Alan Kelly has said he still has concerns in how RTÉ is handling its affairs.
• A case of the bluetongue virus has been detected in a herd in Co Wexford.
• There are no plans to limit what funds may feature in the government’s flagship savings scheme, aside from cryptocurrencies.
• Junior Transport Minister Seán Canney has dismissed criticism of the government’s public transport fare hikes, coming amid new fuel subsidies for motorists.
• Over 1.08 million bottles and cans were returned at Electric Picnic in Co Laois last weekend, almost double the 545,000 collected last year.

INTERNATIONAL

A Chinese national was rescued by soldiers during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepals Rasuwa district. Nepal Army via AP Nepal Army via AP

#RUSSIA-UKRAINE Vladimir Putin has ordered a three-day halt in Russian strikes on Kyiv for a visit to the Ukrainian capital by Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

#CLAD IN BLACK Hundreds of anti-immigrant protesters clad in black blocked roads in Dover, Kent, earlier today, chanting “stop the boats”. 

#RESCUE People in Nepal have pulled a Chinese national from a hydropower tunnel and a local woman from her partially submerged home today, 10 days after the flood that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet.

#CYPRUS Rescuers have recovered another body from the ferry sinking off Cyprus last Sunday, raising the death toll to 13.

PARTING SHOT

Our reporter Kate Henshaw headed down to Croke Park ahead of Katie Taylor’s fight this evening.

One of the people she spoke to was Éanna Greene, whose niece Clodagh fought Flora Pilli, Taylor’s opponent tonight, in France in 2015. 

Greene said that he has known Taylor since she was small, and described her as a “heroine”, saying “she’s come from small beginnings”.

She has “pushed out the boundaries” and “made boxing for ladies”, he said. 

Stay tuned for all The Journal’s reporting on the historic fight tonight.