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

IRELAND

Paramedics help a man at Sandycove beach who took ill while swimming in the cold water RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Junior Minister Jack Chambers has been named the new deputy leader of Fianna Fáil.
• Six men and a teenager charged in connection with the murder of gunman Tristan Sherry have seen their cases transferred to the non-jury Special Criminal Court following a State application.
• Around a third of post-primary students feel that they don’t belong in school, or feel that they can’t express themselves, a new report has found.  
• Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said that if Aer Lingus pilots go on strike this summer it could cause “significant” damage to the country’s reputation internationally. 
• A jilted boyfriend pretended he had secretly taken “intimate” images of his ex-partner and threatened to distribute them after their breakup, a court has heard.
• It’s close to a “done deal” for most on getting summer weather early next week, though the forecast is more uncertain from Wednesday onwards.
• Taoiseach Simon Harris has hailed the completion of the second phase of a project to restore the Ulster Canal as a symbol of “peace and reconciliation on our island”. 

INTERNATIONAL

Anti-Israel protestors in Radcliffe Square, Oxford, UK Alamy Alamy

#NATO BOSS The way has been cleared for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to take over from Jens Stoltenberg as NATO secretary general.

#CLIMATE JUSTICE Climate change activists in England sprayed orange powder paint on the standing stones of the prehistoric Stonehenge site. Two people have been arrested following the incident.

#LUCY LETBY A senior doctor has told a jury he saw “no evidence” of nurse Lucy Letby having done anything to help a deteriorating baby girl before he walked into an intensive care room.

PARTING SHOT

Alzheimer’s Memory Walk 2024 RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

For the launch of the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk 2024, ambassadors, supporters and local champions from around the country gathered for a Mini Memory Walk around the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin today.

Memory Walk is a nationwide event that will take place in 35 locations on Sunday, 22 September and gives families, friends and those living with dementia the opportunity to come together to share old memories and to make new ones. 

You can register to take part at www.memorywalk.ie.