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

IRELAND

Ireland's Eurovision act Emmy waves to the fans during the opening ceremony of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• An on duty garda, Kevin Flatley, has been killed in a road incident in North County Dublin, while a civilian motorcyclist also injured is in a serious condition in hospital.
• Two teenagers have died after getting into difficulty while swimming off the coast of Donegal yesterday. 
• A man in his 20s was seriously assaulted on Victoria Quay last night.
• Green Party leader and former government minister Roderic O’Gorman has said that when the Attorney General delivered legal advice regarding the Occupied Territories Bill last year, there were no issues raised with the inclusion of services.
• A man in his 20s died in a single vehicle collision in Co Waterford yesterday.
• The medicines regulator and the advertising watchdog have launched separate reviews into advertising in Ireland by Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of the blockbuster weight-loss drugs marketed as Ozempic and Wegovy.
• The Ireland women’s 4x400m relay team have booked their ticket to the 2025 World Athletics Championships after winning their heat in qualifying round two at the World Athletics Relays in China. 

INTERNATIONAL

Kashmiri people shop in a market following the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#CEASEFIRE: US President Donald Trump has called for immediate talks between Ukraine and Russia to negotiate a potential ceasefire agreement as Zelenskyy and Putin agree to restart talks in Turkey.

#CATHOLIC CHURCH: Pope Leo XIV appeared at the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica this afternoon for his first Sunday blessing and said he is “deeply pained by what is happening” in Gaza.

#KASHMIR: A ceasefire to end the conflict between India and Pakistan was shaken by overnight fighting in the disputed Kashmir region.

PARTING SHOT

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