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

IRELAND

Indie Rose age 7 and Josh Daly age 11 from Dublin feeding the pigeons outside St Stephen's Green in Dublin City today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Met Éireann issued a high temperature advisory ahead of forecast highs of over 30 degrees in some parts of the country.
• More survivors of mother and baby homes, county homes and similar institutions are considering taking legal action against the State if the Government does not amend its planned redress scheme.
• The defence budget is set to rise from €1.1 billion to €1.5 billion by 2028 in the wake of a major report but question marks have been placed over several of its landmark recommendations.
• The cost of living crisis in Ireland is not affecting all tiers of society equally, a protest outside the Dáil heard this evening.
• The new sick pay scheme that will guarantee workers paid leave once commenced passed all Stages of the Oireachtas today.
• The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee will examine the financial statements of An Bord Pleanála tomorrow.
• A 37-year-old man was remanded in custody after gardaí charged him with the murder of mother of two, Lisa Thompson, who was found dead in her home in Dublin two months ago.
• A public lido and emergency training centre is in the offing in place of the axed white water rafting facility at George’s Dock in Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend his first Prime Minister's Questions since he resigned last week. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#BREXIT UK MPs voted against several proposed amendments to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill following an extensive debate in the House of Commons.

#LEADERSHIP CHARGE UK Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former Cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt were eliminated from the race to succeed Boris Johnson after the first round of voting by Conservative MPs.

#CRISIS Sri Lanka’s president fled the country without stepping down today, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil.

#GRAIN TALKS Russia and Ukraine met UN and Turkish officials today in a bid to break a months-long impasse over grain exports that has seen food prices soar and millions face hunger.

#MIDDLE EAST US President Joe Biden began a Middle East tour in Israel, where leaders will urge tougher action against their common foe Iran, before a delicate stop in oil-rich Saudi Arabia.

PARTING SHOT

Danny Lawson Danny Lawson

Stargazers around Ireland are in for a treat tonight, as the brightest “supermoon” is set to rise over the country.

The “Buck supermoon” can be viewed in Ireland from 10.25pm this evening.

It represents the moon arriving at its closest point to the Earth for 2022, meaning it will be the brightest supermoon of the year .