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

Katie Zarah Cunningham pictured with a model of the moon at Lú Festival of Light in Drogheda which continues until Bank Holiday Monday RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was among canvassers threatened on a Dublin street today.
• A second man has been found guilty of the murder of a man whose skeletonised remains were found in a jute bag in a ravine in Whitewell, Rostellan in East Cork last year.
• Boarding pass data of passengers who used Dublin Airport in August may have been published online following a data breach by a “cyber-criminal group”.
• Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage at a TD’s constituency office in Co Tipperary.
• Get those laces tied – the streets of Dublin will come alive this Sunday as over 22,500 runners take on the 44th Dublin Marathon. Here’s everything you need to know.
• The High Court yesterday heard an urgent application from Tusla, the child and family agency, in relation to a child described as a “very vulnerable” minor.
• Irish boxing great Kellie Harrington has confirmed she is coming out of retirement. 
• From December, pharmacies will have to clearly display the cost of all professional services.
• Ed Sheeran has once again teamed up with Westlife as the band prepares for its 25^th anniversary celebrations.

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinian children stand in a heavily damaged building turned into a shelter, in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#CELEBRITY Kim Kardashian has revealed she has been diagnosed with a brain aneurysm.

#INQUEST Former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died from a stab wound to the neck, an inquest opening has heard.

#TRADE TIFF US President Donald Trump has said he’s ending all trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff advertising campaign.

PARTING SHOT

From left (at centre) Luke Hanlon, Managing Director of SuperValu; John Gaffney, Chairperson Carrick on Shannon TidyTowns and Minister for Community Development Dara Calleary, along with members of the Carrick on Shannon TidyTowns Committee at the awards ceremony at Croke Park Naoise Culhane Naoise Culhane

Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim has been awarded the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Town for 2025.

Minister for Rural and Community Development Dara Calleary presented the award to Carrick-on-Shannon at a ceremony this afternoon in Croke Park.

The SuperValu TidyTowns Competition is organised by the Department of Rural and Community Development and had been sponsored by SuperValu since 1991.

Some 929 towns, made up of over 30,000 volunteers in all, were competing for the prestigious awards, the highest number of entries received in the competition’s history.