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

IRELAND

Tadhg Smith from Castleconnell enjoying the Riverfest Village in Limerick. Sean Curtin / True Media Sean Curtin / True Media / True Media

• Ruth Morrissey, who won a High Court case over her smear test results, says she is being positive despite a terminal diagnosis. 
• Dublin MEP candidates have clashed over the potential for an EU army. 
• As counting is completed in the Northern Ireland local elections, the DUP and Sinn Féin maintained their position as the largest two parties. 
• Migrant rights groups have raised concerns about a lack of educational access for children of asylum seekers living in hotels and B&Bs. 
• Runners in the Belfast City Marathon were forced to run extra 0.3 miles after a mix-up with a new course layout. 
• Gardaí are appealing for the public’s help in locating a 44-year-old man missing from his home in Dublin.
• Legendary GAA manager Eugene McGee who managed the Offaly team to their historic 1982 All-Ireland title passed away.  

WORLD

A cleric looks through binoculars to spot the new moon that signals the start of Ramadan. PA Images PA Images

#MIDDLE EAST: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to launch further strikes on Gaza in response to rocket fire from the territory.

#RUSSIA: At least 13 people have died after a passenger plane caught fire during an emergency landing at Moscow’s busiest airport.

#BREXIT: UK Prime Minister Theresa May has apologised to local councillors within the Conservative party who lost their seats in the local elections.  

#NICOSIA: A man who has confessed to killing seven foreign women and girls in Cyprus is being investigated for also raping a foreign woman he photographed as a model. 

PARTING SHOT

“From the heart of Dublin near Grafton Street to the historically working class enclave of the Liberties, a slew of recently opened bars are attracting attention to the art of mixing drinks in the Irish capital.”

The New York Times has taken a distinctly Oirish look at the Irish cocktail circuit. Read it if you dare. 

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