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

IRELAND

Minister for Housing James Browne TD at the official turning of the sod on the James McSweeney Development on Berkeley Street, Dublin 7, marking the start of construction of 35 new age-friendly homes. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A child has died after he was knocked down while riding a scooter in Co Down.
• Pregnant mothers at Portiuncula Hospital who are deemed to be ‘high risk’ will undergo pre-birth care at a different location following five external reviews of maternity care at the Co Galway hospital.
• A group Palestinians in the West Bank who were planning to come to Ireland for a GAA tour this month have been informed that their visa applications have been refused due to “insufficient documentation” by the Irish Immigration Service.
• A controversial sailing ship claimed to be a sanctioned vessel was visited by gardaí early this morning when it made an unscheduled stop in County Louth. 
• Effigies of migrants  in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit.
• The operator of a drone delivery company in Dublin has accepted that the noise from the non-piloted devices can be loud, and has no objection to reducing the noise, but maintained that the sound is not overly loud.
• Gardaí have arrested and charged a woman in connection with a €500,000 fraud at Trinity College. 
• A protest over  a road closure in Tánaiste Simon Harris’ constituency took place outside Leinster House today. 

INTERNATIONAL 

Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer during a visit to the British Museum, London, on day two of the French President's state visit to the UK Alamy Alamy

#DAMIEN O’BRIEN An Irishman killed in the US following a road traffic incident by a suspected drunk-driver has been named as Damien O’Brien.

#RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR Russia has hit Ukraine with its largest missile and drone attack in more than three years of war, claiming to have targeted an airfield in a region bordering Poland.

#I QUIT The CEO of social media platform X, Linda Yaccarino, has announced she is stepping down from her position after two years in the post.

PARTING SHOT

Stuart MacNamara, Dunmanway; Evan Grimes, Clonakilty and Dylan Murray, Dunmanway Andy Gibson Andy Gibson

Hundreds of people headed to the Warren Beach today, making the most of the near 25 degrees Celsius temperatures.

Ireland is heading for a heatwave if the temperature consistently reaches 25 degrees for the next  three days.