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

IRELAND 

Carol and James, parents to Aoife Johnston, who died in UHL at the age of 16 David Raleigh David Raleigh

• A verdict of medical misadventure has been returned at the inquest into the death of teenager Aoife Johnston at University Hospital Limerick in 2022.
• The HSE has missed a deadline to open five critical eating disorder treatment hubs.
• Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has claimed that a very small number of gardaí who allegedly used their position to prey upon “vulnerable members of the community” for “sexual gratification” continue to serve in their posts. 
• A nurse, who was working in a Dublin hospital, is accused of cheating hundreds of Indian nurses out of thousands of euro each in a long-running and complex scam that involves faked documents, two men posing as HSE officials, and hundreds of thousands of euro.
• The family of George Nkencho plan to appeal a decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions not to prosecute the Garda who fatally shot the 27-year-old in 2020. 
• Topical issues in the Dáil were almost abandoned today because no TDs or ministers were present in the chamber.
• A woman who died after being struck by a truck while she was cycling in Dublin yesterday has been named as 22-year-old Greta Price-Martin.
• Local politicians have said there is disappointment and embarrassment at the targeting of several social houses in Finglas with graffiti that has been described as racist.
• Sunday Times journalist Justine McCarthy told a judge today that as soon as she heard John Waters’ alleged defamatory speech to a political conference in 2017 about the death of Savita Halappanavar, she was quite certain he was referring to Irish Times reporter Kitty Holland.

INTERNATIONAL

Nadine Otego Seiler wears images of special counsel Jack Smith on her head as she protests outside the U.S. Supreme Court over Trump v. United States, a case on whether former Donald Trump has presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. Alamy Alamy

#US ELECTIONS An Arizona grand jury has indicted Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, the ex-president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani and 16 others in an election interference case.

#CORRUPTION Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, last night announced that he would be stepping away from public duties, and mulled the possibility of resigning, after a corruption probe had been launched against his wife.

#HORSEPLAY Two military horses seriously injured after running loose through London yesterday have undergone operations, the British army has said.

PARTING SHOT

Broadcaster Brendan Courtney with Moninne Griffith (CEO, Belong To), Dr.Matt Kennedy (Research and Advocacy Manager, Belong To), Ciara Kelly, Ranin Faidi, Lisa Connell and Dr Agnes Higgins (Trinity College Dublin Researcher). Julien Behal Julien Behal

New research highlights stark deterioration in mental health of LGBTQI+ people since 2016.

The report was launched at the Mansion House in Dublin, where attendees were told that some cohorts, such as younger age groups and the transgender and gender non-conforming communities, experience significant challenges which contribute to poor mental health.

Broadcaster Brendan Courtney helped launch the report today.