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

IRELAND

Resident Niyi Jegede and Simon Haslam Ireland's Housing Action group outside the site of an eviction in Dublin. Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Health officials have said that there have been 67 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in this country. 
• A mushroom plant in Tipperary has suspended its operations due to a number of positive Covid-19 tests.
• A man appeared in court this evening charged in relation to the fatal stabbing of Michael Olohan in Clontarf in Dublin yesterday. 
• Gardaí in Galway city are investigating a stabbing that took place in the Eyre Square area last night.
• Paddle boarder Ellen Glynn has spoken about the remarkable rescue of her and her cousin Sara Feeney in Galway Bay yesterday.
• A meat factory in Tullamore that closed as a result of Covid-19 cases is to reopen next week. 
• Dublin City Council has extended its pedestrianisation trials in the Grafton Street area of Dublin until the end of the month.
• A number of opposition politicians have voiced concerns over the plans for school transport when children return to school at the end of this month.
• The government has announced a package of measures for businesses in Kildare, Laois and Offaly, but there are to be no flight refunds for airline customers in those counties. 
• The 2020 Irish Open golf tournament is to take place without fans at Galgorm Castle in Antrim next month. 

WORLD

People in Westminster protest against the UK government's handling of A-level results. PA Images PA Images

#BIRTHER CONSPIRACY: US President Donald Trump has engaged in spreading false doubts about Kamala Harris’s eligibility to serve as vice president.  

#OUTBREAK: New Zealand has extended a lockdown of its largest city Auckland by at least 12 days, as authorities struggle with a growing new coronavirus outbreak.

#APP STORE: Apple and Google have pulled video game sensation Fortnite from their mobile app shops after its maker Epic Games released an update that dodges revenue sharing with the tech giants.

#COVID-19: India’s coronavirus death toll has overtaken Britain’s to become the fourth highest in the world, with another single-day record increase in cases. 

PARTING SHOT

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Irish middle-distance runner Ciara Mageean broke the Irish 1000m record this evening, running the distance in 2:31 in Monaco. Her time bettered the previous record set by Sonia O’Sullivan 27 years ago.

O’Sullivan was one of the first to congratulate Mageean this evening.

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