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

IRELAND

• Minister for Further and Higher Education James Lawless has said Wednesday’s public sector strike will “probably” go ahead, with unions and the government still at odds over pay negotiations.
• An Irish man was among the hundreds of people injured in separate attacks on Saudi Arabia’s international airport in Riyadh that killed 12 people. 
• Eight men have appeared in court in Co Galway charged with violent disorder in Ballinasloe during the International Horse Fair in the town.
• Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant has been accused of “disgraceful appeasement” by the DUP after he stepped in to stop an Orange Order parade route.
• Police are appealing for information after three masked men threw petrol bombs at a patrol car in Strabane, Co Tyrone, on Saturday evening.
• The president of the European People’s Party (EPP) criticised Ireland’s European presidency for producing “little progress and no meaningful new solutions” after budget proposal

INTERNATIONAL

The Port of Djibouti in East Africa. alamy alamy

 #CEASEFIRE: US president Donald Trump claims that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to suspend strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure.

#VATICAN: Pope Leo XIV has announced he would be operated on in the coming days for a nodule on his lung. 

#SHIPWRECK : At least 109 migrants have died, including 15 children, and 116 are missing as a boat sank off the shore of Djibouti overnight. 

PARTING SHOT

The Northern Lights were pictured as far south as Kent PA PA

Across the pond, the Northern Lights are expected to be visible tonight with some UK areas already experiencing good views over the past few days. 

The aurora borealis lit up skies over the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle on the Northumberland coast in the early hours of Sunday morning. 

The Met Office said the Northern Lights could be visible in the UK again tonight and on Monday.