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

IRELAND

A seal splashes in the sea off Howth Pier Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Irish MEPs slammed an offer made by the EU’s top diplomat to assist Israel with a plan to replace aid agencies in Gaza, calling it “utterly shameful” and “against what we stand for”. 
• A Cork farmer was today unanimously found guilty by a jury of raping a man on two separate occasions.
• Five other sources corroborated allegations about Gerry Adams that were made by an anonymous contributor to a BBC documentary, lawyers representing the broadcaster told a libel trial.
• The CEO of Uisce Éireann said the judicial review process is holding up the building of water treatment plants because it is being used by “serial objectors” who raise environmental concerns, which are costing the state “billions”. 
• The Munster camogie final was postponed after players said they would refuse to wear skorts. 
• Actor Stephen Rea addressed pro-Palestine protesters outside RTÉ this evening where a demonstration was being held to call on the broadcaster to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest.
• The jury in the trial of Richard Satchwell heard today that the search for the body of Tina was led by a dog called Fern, who had indicated the presence of human remains under the stairway at the Satchwell’s Cork home.
• A decision to remove Dublin city centre’s only public toilet facility was labelled “shortsighted” as the city council cited a “significant” reduction in usage.

INTERNATIONAL

Russian army vehicles roll during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#KASHMIR: The death toll  from India and Pakistan’s biggest clashes in decades passed 50, with each country accusing the other of sending waves of drone attacks.

#USA: Actor Michael Pitt was accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of wood at his New York City home, according to a grand jury indictment.

#NEW YORK: Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers questioned a woman in court who has accused the Hollywood producer of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. 

#MEXICO: The Mexican government sued Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Google Maps users in the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said today.

PARTING SHOT

A young David Attenborough Alamy Alamy

AS HE MARKS his 99th birthday this week, David Attenborough is returning to our screens, this time in cinemas, to bring viewers on yet another breathtaking journey in the natural world. It’s fitting that ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’ is being shown on big screens, as it has a big message.

This is one of the most horrifying yet inspiring films I have ever seen — it demands that we all pay attention.

Read Jack O’Donovan Trá’s Voices article here.