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. Source: Sasko Lazarov/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 Source: Md Rafayat Haque Khan/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. Source: 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.