Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Tributes to a young Waterford cyclist, late-night boozing to be protected for Puck Fair goers, and a boost for the Metrolink.

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

IRELAND

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Tributes have been paid to a young Co Waterford cyclist who died suddenly in France.
The Metrolink project is set to get a €2 billion boost in funding under the National Development Plan (NDP) – but the full cost of the long-planned underground rail line is not yet known.
If there is a bad outcome from the US tariff negotiations, the government will have to re-think this year’s €9.4 billion Budget 2026 package, ministers confirmed today.
Puck Fair, one of Ireland’s oldest festivals, where a goat is crowned King for three days and three nights, will see its late-night drinking tradition survive for 2025 after an appeal by publicans in Killorglin succeeded in the Circuit Court in Killarney today.
The OPW has banned tour guides from wearing green or orange clothing at the site in Meath where the Protestant King William III defeated the Catholic King James II in the Battle of the Boyne.
Dublin City Council will no longer employ stewards to stop tourists groping the Molly Malone statue, and is instead considering installing flower beds around the base to act as an obstacle.
Part of a Co Cavan bridge has collapsed after recent flooding.

INTERNATIONAL

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#GAZA The head of Gaza’s largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault.

#RIP Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76, his family has announced.

#FUED Joe Biden’s son Hunter has hit out at actor and Democratic Party donor George Clooney’s decision to call on the elder Biden to abandon his 2024 re-election bid.

PARTING SHOT

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The Mary Quant Exhibition has opened at the Museum of Style Icons at Newbridge Silverware in Co Kildare.

Model Nadine Petite launched the new exhibition, which features the style of British fashion icon, Mary Quant.

It honours the legacy of the late designer whose “fearless and playful” approach to style helped define the ‘Swinging Sixties’ and revolutionised how women dressed.

Petite is wearing an original Quant dress and boots, paired with Newbridge Silverware jewellery. The exhibition is free to enter and runs until the end of 2025.