LAST UPDATE | 18 Jul 2023

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

IRELAND

A cheeky seagull makes off with an entire apple during lunchtime along the River Liffey today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• All train services to and from Heuston station in Dublin face “serious disruption” and all trains through Sallins are suspended due to a “tragic incident”, Iarnród Éireann has said. 
• The group representing rank and file gardaí have said the Garda Commissioner “lacks logic” as he introduces a new roster while they claim there are not enough gardaí to fulfill staffing levels of the new arrangement.
• Dublin City Council has refused planning permission to contentious plans for a sound barrier for a JD Wetherspoon’s pub beer garden on Camden Street.
• Minister if Media Catherine Martin has announced a scheme that will allow late night venues to apply for grants worth €70,000 to help them sound proof their venues.
• A 29 foot yacht was successfully towed back to safety overnight after it suffered mast, power and mechanical difficulties about 69 miles south of Courtmacsherry in West Cork. 
• Income ceilings for the cost-rental scheme are set to increase for Dublin to €66,000 and €59,000 for the rest of the country under proposals signed off by Cabinet today.
• Three men been arrested in Dublin following a series of burglaries and car thefts across the country.
• More than 1,000 disabled people who were refused access to a scheme for claiming tax relief of up to €48,000 on specially adapted cars have been told they have no recourse to an appeal system to try and get the decisions reversed.

INTERNATIONAL

A firefighting helicopter dumps water in Mandra, west of Athens, today after a wildfire broke out amid extreme temperatures. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#JOINT SECURITY AREA A US citizen who entered North Korea “without authorisation” during a tour of the heavily fortified border and is believed to be detained is a US soldier, officials said.

#TURKEY A father and son from Co Laois died in a fatal road traffic collision in Turkey yesterday afternoon, after a bus collided with a moped that the two were on, according to Turkish media.

#JANUARY 6 Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be arrested and indicted over the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.

PARTING SHOT

A seagull makes off with an apple during lunchtime along the River Liffey today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

Dublin saw a mix of cloudy and sunny spells today with heavy showers in the afternoon.

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