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

IRELAND

The National Day of Commemoration Ceremony, to honour all those who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed to death in a Limerick pub.
• It emerged that a teenager who caused serious criminal damage at a Dublin hospital may have been high on drugs.
• Gardaí appealed for information over a woman missing in Dublin.
• A man was injured after he was struck by a garda car.
• Boojum said it will stop deducting till shortages from staff’s tips.
• The number of dogs put down in Irish pounds has reduced by 40%.
• Over €200,000 worth of cannabis was seized in Limerick.
• Plans to demolish a number of buildings in Dublin’s north city centre to make space for a new nine-storey hotel have been approved by the local council.

WORLD

The running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#THAILAND: The first four boys trapped in a Thai cave have been rescued.

#GLASGOW: A Catholic priest was spat on as a large Orange parade passed by.

#JAPAN: The death toll in Japan has risen above 55 after torrential downpours.

PARTING SHOT

There’s an actual possibility that England could win the World Cup. They are just two wins away from winning the competition for a second time. I don’t know if you know this but they won it once before in 1966 – they don’t really go on about it all that much.

Anyway, the good folk over at the DailyEdge have just about summed up how we’re all feeling on this side if the Irish Sea about the prospect.