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

IRELAND

Patric and Geraldine, parents of Ana Kriegel, planted a tree and unveiled a bench in memory of their daughter today at Leixlip Manor Hotel, Co Kildare. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

• A man has died following a light aircraft crash in Kilkenny. He has been named locally as Dick O’Connell. 
• A man in his 30s has been seriously injured in a shooting in Mulhuddart, west Dublin.
• Thousands of people have turned out in Dublin to celebrate and march in the city’s annual Pride parade
• Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy received a number of complaints from members of the public criticising his “appalling and pathetic” proposals for co-living. 
• The president of the Irish Farmers Association has condemned a sit-in protest by activists at a Westmeath pig farm. 
• Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has expressed concern about the potential impact of the EU’s trade deal with South American countries on the Irish beef sector. 
• Police in Northern Ireland have charged a man in connection with a “one-punch type incident” at Tyrella Beach in Co Down.
• A former trainee priest who launched High Court proceedings against eight newspapers has received an official apology from three of them today. 

WORLD

Lizzo performing live on the West Holts stage on day 4 of Glastonbury 2019 EMPICS Entertainment EMPICS Entertainment

#NORTH KOREA: US President Donald Trump has invited Kim Jong Un to meet him at the demilitarised zone for a handshake. 

#TEHRAN: A British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran since 2016 on sedition charges she denies has ended her hunger strike after 15 days. 

#HEATWAVE: Spain has been hit by more wildfires as temperatures remain sky-high in the Europe-wide heatwave.

PARTING SHOT

Tributes have been paid to Fair City actor Tom Jordan who passed away earlier today. 

Ian Kenny, who played Jordan’s on-screen grandson TJ Deegan, said the actor was “nothing but kind, patient and brilliant”

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