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IRELAND

Paidí McCabe of Bandon pictured asking his hero Former NASA astronaut Dan Tani pictured at the first public event of Space Week Ireland 2025 which took place at the Cork School of Music. Clare Keogh Clare Keogh

• The second televised debate of the presidential election took place at noon today. Our political editor Christina Finn has the round-up and analysis if you missed it.
• A woman was arrested after a man died following an assault in Co Tipperary. 
• Jim Gavin said he’s “looking into” reports that he allegedly did not repay a tenant €3,300 in rent mistakenly paid.
• Sinn Féin councillors on Dublin City Council have tabled an emergency motion demanding the immediate release of Irish citizens detained in Israel after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces. 
• Catherine Connolly is leading the race to the Áras, according to the first poll since the nominations closed. 

INTERNATIONAL

Poland pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through downtown Wroclaw, calling for the release of the Global Sumud Flotilla activists detained by Israel. © Krzysztof Kaniewski / ZUMA Press Wire © Krzysztof Kaniewski / ZUMA Press Wire / ZUMA Press Wire

#ICELAND: In Iceland, glaciers are melting due to the earth’s changing climate and temperature. The Journal’s Lauren Boland spoke to locals on how the loss affects them.

#UNITED STATES: Donald Trump has authorised deployment of troops to Chicago after a federal agent shot an allegedly armed woman there yesterday, while a judge blocked the US President’s attempt to send the military into Portland, another Democratic-run city.

#CAIRO: Hamas has called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel, as negotiators from the two warring sides were set to meet in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza.

#WAR IN UKRAINE: Five people have been killed in Russian strikes in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region and Lviv in the west of the country. 

PARTING SHOT

Presidential candidates on the RTE couch with presenter Áine Lawlor PA PA

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