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

IRELAND

The Coolock Says No anti-immigrant protestors held a public meeting at the old Crown Paint plant this evening, which is due to be developed for International Protection Applicants RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A fire has broken out at the Coolock site earmarked for the housing of international protection applicants, less than 24 hours after emergency services put out another blaze.
• The long examination of Ireland’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic will have an “independent panel” appointed before October, the Tánaiste has said. 
• A Dublin man described in court as “a loner” has been refused bail after being charged with threatening to kill Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald in a social media video.
• Two men were hospitalised yesterday evening after a piece of equipment fell from a height at a construction site in the west of Dublin city.
• Enoch Burke has lost a High Court action appealing an order for him to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School.
• Ireland will face Georgia in a Euro 2025 qualification play-off semi-final, with the victors facing either Wales or Slovakia for a place at the finals in Switzerland.
• The brother of father of seven, Thomas Dooley, was found guilty today of the murder of the 42-year-old who died after he was attacked at a burial in a graveyard in Tralee, Co Kerry in October 2022.

INTERNATIONAL

Screens displaying error messages amid global Microsoft Outage at the Indira Gandhi International Airport Alamy Alamy

#BLACKOUT A large-scale tech outage has been wreaking havoc on IT systems across the world this morning, with broadcasters and websites being taken offline.

#CLOSE CALL Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt and called for unity before laying out a sweeping populist agenda as he accepted the Republican nomination for US president on the final day of the party’s national convention in Milwaukee.

#ICJ The UN’s top court has said that Israeli settlement policies in Palestinian territories are in breach of international law.

#SHAM TRIAL A Russian court today convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges that his employer and the US have rejected as a sham.

PARTING SHOT

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Fianna Fáil is split down the middle by hurling this weekend, with Clare Senator Timmy Dooley (left) and Commissioner-designate Michael McGrath warming up for Sunday’s decider in Croke Park.

Senator Dooley welcomed his party colleague to a meeting in Clare with a Banner jersey with the name ‘McGrath’ printed on the back.

The Commissioner-designate and proud Corkman was at the ready, pulling the famous ‘blood and bandages’ jersey of his native Cork out of a bag.

They did two throw-ins for the media.