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

IRELAND

Lauren Olmeda, from America but living in Ireland, with swimmers at the Forty Foot, Dublin.

• The DPP returned with a direction of “no prosecution” in the latest garda investigation into the disappearance and murder of Deirdre Jacob.
• The weekend started off warm and dry ahead of a Status Yellow temperature warning to take effect tomorrow until Tuesday, and plans are put in place to ensure homeless people in the capital who may be at risk of extreme heat can be sheltered.
• The Taoiseach and President congratulated the Irish rugby team for their historic series victory over New Zealand.
• Trinity College Dublin received planning permission to build over 350 new student beds in South Dublin, despite objections from nearby residents over the project.
• Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill will brief senior US politicians on the need to restore powersharing at Stormont during a visit to Washington.
• Gardaí seized drugs worth around €50,000 and arrested a man during a planned search in Dublin, and charge a man who was arrested on Thursday during an anti-drug operation in Cork city.
• A man was airlifted to hospital after he was injured in a collision during a cycle event in Co Clare this afternoon.

INTERNATIONAL

Thousands of firefighters in Portugal have been battling fires all over the country that forced the evacuation of dozens of people. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#WILDFIRES Southwest Europe endured a sixth day of a summer heatwave that has triggered devastating forest fires.

#SRILANKA Legislators met to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by the president who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests.

#UKRAINEWAR Russia was accused of using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as a base to store weapons and shell the surrounding areas in Ukraine.

#SUPERPOWER Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Western nations to develop a strategy to counter the rise of China as “the world’s second superpower”.

#EUMEMBERSHIP North Macedonia approved a French proposal that opens the way for negotiations to join the European Union and overcome Bulgarian objections.

#ROYALFAMILY THE Queen is alleged to have said “thank goodness Meghan is not coming” to Prince Philip’s funeral, according to unnamed sources cited in a new book.

PARTING SHOT

For over thirty years, David McDonald worked in Ireland’s biggest prisons. He’s written a book about his career, and in this extract, he writes about the beginning of a riot.