Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

Eleven people killed in Vancouver attack, cardinals visit the tomb of St Francis, and Taoiseach flags support for removal of triple lock.

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

IRELAND

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has flagged his support for removing the triple lock that requires UN approval to deploy Irish troops in a speech at a 1916 commemoration event.
A second clip of Belfast rap trio Kneecap is being examined by counter-terrorism police in the UK, this one for alleged comments about “kill[ing]” Conservative politicians.
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been charged with harassment and criminal damage.
The Taoiseach has rejected the “negativity” expressed by those who spoke at a major protest in Dublin over the weekend.
At a time when house prices in Ireland are almost 20% higher than they were at the peak of the Celtic Tiger, purchasing a home has arguably never been more difficult. Our readers told us their stories.

INTERNATIONAL

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#CANADA: Eleven people were killed when a car was driven into revellers at a street festival celebrating Filipino culture in the Canadian city of Vancouver, local police have said.

#ROME: Cardinals visited the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome to pay their respects to the pontiff.

#IRAN: At least 40 people have died and 1,000 others were injured after a massive explosion and fire rocked a port in southern Iran, state TV has reported.

#GAZA: Hospitals in Gaza have received the remains of 51 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours, the local Health Ministry has said.

#HASHTAG: New Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday that US statements about the mineral-rich Arctic island have been disrespectful and that Greenland “will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought by just anyone”.

PARTING SHOT

Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Michael Gallen & Maura O'Keeffe - Winners of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2025. Katharina Schiffl Katharina Schiffl

IRISH COMPOSER MICHEAL Gallen has been awarded the prestigious Fedora prize – the world’s largest prize for opera.

Presented with the award in Vienna yesterday, Gallen was awarded €100,000 for his new opera, The Curing Line.

In presenting the award to composer and director Michael Gallen, choreographer and co-director Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, and producer Maura O’Keeffe, Fedora President Stéphane Argyropoulos remarked that the project “redefines the operatic genre by fusing tradition with multimedia innovation”.