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

IRELAND

Galway player Mairead Dillon pictured with Luke Harty (2mths) Athenry, as All Ireland Senior Camogie Champions Galway visit Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street. Andres Poveda Andres Poveda

• A Co Down priest remains in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital after being subjected to a “brutal attack” in his church on Sunday which is being treated as an attempted murder.
• India Day celebrations scheduled to take place in Dublin this weekend have been cancelled due to “unfortunate circumstances”, the Ireland India Council have confirmed.
• A child was airlifted to safety over the weekend after drifting 250 metres offshore on an inflatable.
• A woman who was diagnosed with a rare syndrome in 2008 which rendered her aware and awake but unable to move or communicate has died.
• Ireland could be in store for a heatwave this week despite some areas experiencing thundery downpours.
• A 35-year-old businessman is the latest person to declare they are running to be the next Irish president.
• Barack and Michelle Obama have not yet responded to the Dublin Lord Mayor’s controversial invitation to pick up the keys to the capital city.
• A man in his 30s was hospitalised last night after three armed intruders broke into his home in Co Cork.
• Fans have bee warned of fraudsters as ticket scams rise ahead of Oasis gigs in Dublin this weekend.
• Meanwhile, Paul Gallagher will no longer perform an Oasis afterparty DJ set in Dublin ahead of his court appearance this month.
• The Apprentice Boys of Derry issued a public apology after images circulated online showing several members urinating at a bus stop near homes during their annual ‘Relief of Derry’ celebrations.
• A litter of puppies found near the N59 in Co Galway have been returned to their mother after a successful public appeal.

INTERNATIONAL

Mourners gather today for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#GAZA: Dozens of Gazans gathered for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in what the network has described as a “targeted assassination” by Israel outside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital.
#WASHINGTON DC: Police in Washington DC will come under the direct control of the US government and US army reserves will be deployed into the capital city under plans by Trump.
#UKRAINE: Tánaiste Simon Harris joined his European counterparts in pushing for Ukraine to be involved in any talks concerning its future.
#PERTH: An English backpacker pleaded guilty after fatally crashing into a father-of-two while riding an e-scooter under the influence of alcohol in Australia.

PARTING SHOT

RTÉ has released the official trailer for the brand new Irish version of The Traitors.

The reality show, which will be hosted by Siobhán Sweeney, promises “chaos, suspicion and stylish skulduggery”.

It will follow a group of strangers in Slane Castle trying to win €50,000 without getting ‘murdered’ or banished. The Traitors walk amongst them, sowing doubt and deceit.

The Traitors Ireland will officially premiere on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player on Sunday, 31 August.

There will also be an after show, The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked, where Kevin McGahern will divulge behind the scenes secrets.

The format has been a huge hit in territories around the world, particularly in the US and in the UK, where the show airs on BBC.