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

IRELAND

Sióg, by theatre company Freshly Ground Theatre is a magical outdoor adventure for children of all ages and their families set in the Fairy Garden in Tymon Park in Tallaght Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

• An Iceland store in Coolock in Dublin today is unexpectedly closed, a day after an interim examiner was appointed to the company.
• Climate activist Greta Thunberg and environmentalist Duncan Stewart are being awarded with the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin this evening. 
• An increase of more than 5,000 college places in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and veterinary medicine will begin to come on stream from next year. 
• A man has been told he must serve a minimum of 22 years in prison for the murder of his five-year-old stepdaughter in Northern Ireland.
• A schoolboy who pleaded guilty to travelling in stolen cars which rammed a Garda vehicle carrying two female officers in Ballyfermot in Dublin skipped his sentence hearing today.
• A safeguarding expert will be appointed in the coming days after allegations of multiple sexual assaults by a healthcare worker at a HSE-run nursing home.
• A teenager has died following a collision between a car and a jeep in Co Kilkenny.
• A national survey of renters, conducted by charity Threshold, has found that almost half of renters in Ireland do not feel secure in their tenancy.
• The majority of an expert group on the State’s counter-terrorism laws has recommended that the Special Criminal Court be replaced with a new court that has additional safeguards and transparency.

INTERNATIONAL

Police officers and rescue workers at the scene following an explosion in Paris this afternoon Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#SUB SEARCH: The US Coast Guard has said its effort are “solely” and “100%” focused on a “search and rescue operation”.

#PARIS: An explosion of unknown origin that ripped through a building in a historic area in central Paris has injured 24 people, including four seriously, officials have said.

#HONDURAS: The death toll from a fire and clashes between rival gangs at a women’s prison in Honduras has risen to 46, the prosecutor’s office has said.

#TATE: Andrew Tate has appeared at a Romanian court, where prosecutors have charged him with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women.

PARTING SHOT

As noted above, Greta Thunberg and Duncan Stewart have been awarded with the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin.

Here’s a clip of Stewart receiving the award:

Duncan Stewart signing the Freedom of the City roll here in The Round Room at the Mansion House alongside @LordMayorDublin pic.twitter.com/oKZ0FvgBaH

— Dublin City Council (@DubCityCouncil) June 21, 2023

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