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

IRELAND

People Before Profit leader Richard Boyd Barrett with Cllr Hazel De Nortúin and Brid Smith canvassing at St Catherine’s Church on Meath Street, Dublin as part of the general election. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Pat Shortt has paid tribute to former comedy partner Jon Kenny, the much-loved comedian and actor who starred in D’Unbelievables, who died aged 66.
• Former Fianna Fáil minister and candidate for Limerick Willie O’Dea has claimed Helen McEntee was the “worst Minister for Justice in the history of the State”.
• Rescue workers searching for a woman missing from Cork since last week have discovered a body in the water.
• Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman said a party TD made a ‘legitimate’ objection to over 300 houses near his home, as the plans were in “breach” of the local area layout.
• A married couple were arrested in Dublin over an international money laundering operation with €21 million allegedly transferred through online banks and cryptocurrency accounts, a court has heard.
• A man charged with the murder of another man in Limerick 17 years ago told gardaí “no problem” when they arrested him yesterday in connection with the killing, a court heard.
• Rows erupted between independent councillor Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran and incumbent TDs Robert Troy and Peter Burke in an election debate broadcast live on RTÉ earlier today.
• Aontú are seeking a “change in relation to the law on abortion” so that mothers will be prohibited from terminating a pregnancy if a child may have a disability. 

INTERNATIONAL

Thousands join the ''Climate Pride parade for a planetary climate justice'', against fossil fuels and pro renewable energy in Rome today. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#CHINA: Eight people were killed and 17 others wounded today in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, police said.

#HONDURAS: Tropical Storm Sara stalled over Honduras today, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation and swelling rivers.

#LEBANON: Israeli ground forces have reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago, before pulling back after fierce battles with Hezbollah militants, Lebanese state media reported.

PARTING SHOT

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WAS KATIE TAYLOR the just winner of last night’s fight for the ages with Amanda Serrano?

Was the majesty of Taylor-Serrano II diminished by its staging as part of a farcical event featuring Jake Paul and Mike Tyson? Was the fight so good as to deem such concerns irrelevant?

These questions and more are answered by Gavan Casey, our man in Dallas, who caught up with Gavin Cooney and Sinead O’Carroll this afternoon on a special episode of the 42FM.

You can listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.