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

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris held his first press conference in his new role today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

IRELAND

• Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are in a row over the need to negotiate a new confidence and supply agreement.
• Minister Denis Naughten defended the decision to close 157 post offices.
• Inspectors are to be appointed to investigate INM.
• A judge said he would have to recuse himself from John Gilligan’s case in Northern Ireland. 
• Child killer John Clifford is at large after escaping from prison in Northern Ireland.
• Drew Harris said he is here to serve the Irish people in his first press conference as Garda Commissioner.
• Gardaí issued a fresh appeal for information about a fatal hit and run in Limerick.
• A new study revealed lower-income families are spending one fifth of their disposable incomes on childcare.
• Dublin City Council is looking for new a new clamping contractor.

A flute seller sit on a bench submerged with flooded water of river Ganga at Sangam area in Allahabad in India. Prabhat Kumar Verma Prabhat Kumar Verma

WORLD

#WHITE HOUSE GATE: An explosive new book by Bob Woodward paints tense relations between President Donald Trump and his top advisers.

#SYRIA: President Trump warned Syria against launching an attack on the country’s rebel stronghold.

#JAPAN: A million people were urged to evacuate due to a typhoon which brought winds of up to 2015 kilometres per hour.

#LOADED: Amazon has become a trillion dollar company.

PARTING SHOT

If you are familiar with the @Ireland account on Twitter, you may be interested to hear that the Swedish account that inspired it will stop tweeting at the end of this month.