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

Ireland

Robin, aged 5, and Margo, aged 3, play with dolls at the Garda Memorial ceremony. Their grandfather John McMahon died on duty 30 years ago. Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• HSE confirms nine CAMHS bed closures in Dublin, with Sinn Féin’s Mental Health spokesperson calling for the closures to be averted.
• 17,000 people march in Belfast calling for the “immediate implementation” of the Irish Language Act.
• A catch-up programme will be rolled out for those who have not received the HPV vaccine. 
• The Minister for Justice paid tribute to “brave and selfless” gardaí during the annual Garda Memorial Day ceremony. 

International

People going through a submerged road in the Uposhahar Residential area of Sylhet, Bangladesh Md Rafayat Haque Khan / ZUMA Press Wire Md Rafayat Haque Khan / ZUMA Press Wire / ZUMA Press Wire

#AUSTRALIA Voters ended a decade of conservative rule and Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded election defeat.

#PROTOCOL UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss met with top US Democrats as tension mounts over UK plans to overwrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

#BANGLADESH At least ten people have been killed and two million are stranded as worst flooding in decades hits the northeast of Bangladesh.

#NATO Turkey’s president said he would not look “positively” on Sweden and Norway’s application to join the military alliance.

#TALIBAN Women presenter on Afghanistan’s leading TV channels went on air today without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance.

Parting Shot

BBC's Stephen Watson speaks to Roy Keane before his departure from Saipan. INPHO INPHO

On the 20th anniversary of the infamous Saipan incident, a BBC reporter recalls his interview with Roy Keane prior to Keane’s departure from the island. 

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