Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

Here’s what made the headlines today.

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

IRELAND

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An Irish peacekeeper convoy in Lebanon was struck in an airstrike today.
A man was arrested on suspicion of making threats online against the Taoiseach and his family.
Emergency services attended the scene of a large gorse fire in the Dublin mountains.
A Status Yellow rain warning was announced for the majority of the country to take place later tonight.
More than €7.2 million euro in suspected cocaine was seized at Rosslare Europort.
Taoiseach Simon Harris repeated his call for an “urgent review” of the EU’s trade deal with Israel as a way to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to stop its onslaught in Gaza.

INTERNATIONAL

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#PALESTINE: The latest Israeli massacre in a Gaza school was widely condemned.

#RUSSIA: Thousands of Ukrainian troops have crossed the border in an effort to “destabilize” Russia, President Zelenskyy confirmed.

#USA: The Trump campaign said that it had been hacked, a day after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents’ attempts to interfere in the US campaign in 2024.

PARTING SHOT

Olympics Daily

AND IT MUST come to an end.

Gav and Sinéad report from Ireland’s final two events at Paris 2024 – an incredible fifth Olympics for Fionnuala McCormack and a sensory blitzkrieg from the velodrome.

They also run through their favourite moments of the past 16 days, from Irish gold medals to sport-changing performances.

Olympics Daily brings you all the action from Paris 2024 every day – from the Irish medals to the scandal and gossip – with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O’Carroll reporting from across the city.

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