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

Olympics 2024

Ireland's Sarah Lavin. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

• The42‘s Gavin Casey takes a look at ust what makes Kellie Harrington one of the best amateur boxers of all time.
• Sarah Lavin proceeded on to the 100m hurdles semi-final after finishing second in the latest run.
• Taekwondo athlete Jack Woolley lost his first round bout to Azerbaijan’s Gashin Magomedov 2-0 today, with his only hope now being in the repechage round.

IRELAND

Diamond Park in Dublin came alive last night as loyal Kellie Harrington fans cheer on their local hero at a live match screening. Damien Eagers Damien Eagers

• The October budget will feature a cost-of-living pacakge, but Finance Minister Jack Chambers said that the supports will be lower than in previous years.
• Six people have been arrested as the PSNI investigate racially motivated hate crimes during rioting in Belfast.
• Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said that the wearing of balaclavas at protests for the purpose of intimidating others is to be considered a criminal offence.
• A bill is being drafted by the Department of Justice which will allow judges to recommend minimum sentences alongside life sentencing.
• Local councellors in Dublin City Council have deplored the presence of a ‘Coolock Says No’ banner alongside loyalist elements at protests in Belfast over the weekend.
• Over 5,000 people have died or been pronounced dead on arrival in emergency departments in the last five years.
• Gardaí seized a gun and ammunition as part of an investigation into a violent feud in Mullingar, Westmeath today.
• A call centre with a number of state contracts whose employees today voted in favour of industrial action are refusing to allow trade union representatives into disciplinary meetings.
• New polls have shed light on why over half of voters didn’t cast a vote in this year’s EU elections.
• Taoiseach Simon Harris has vowed to hit social media companies “where it hurts”, using a range of methods, including fines, and holding company owners liable.
• A Middle Eastern shop in Belfast has been closed after an attack which is being treated as a possible hate crime.

INTERNATIONAL

The aftermath of the hotel collapse in Krov, Germany. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#HARRIS/WALZ US Democratic Party nominees Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have held their first rally, taking aim at Republican nominee Donald Trump.

#BANGLADESH Noble Laureate Muhammad Yunus will lead an intermim government in Bangladesh after demonstrations forced the country’s long-time prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee yesterday.

#SOUTHPORT A man who took part in rioting in Southport last week has been jailed for three years.

#GERMANY Two people died and several others were left trapped after part of a hotel collapsed in a wine-making town on the Mosel River in western Germany.

PARTING SHOT

In the latest piece from our Fact Check team, Shane Redmond looks at the many documented “transitional links” in the evoutionary record, countering the claims of “missing links” by creationists.