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

IRELAND

Eibhlin, Katie, Tara and Laura of Cailini Lua perform at Galway Racecourse in Galway Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• Conor McGregor lost his appeal against a civil jury finding that he raped a woman in a Dublin hotel in 2018. 
• Gardaí launched a new search operation in Co Wexford as part of an ongoing investigation into the 1998 disappearance and murder of Fiona Sinnott.
• Radio presenter Seán Rocks died at the age of 67 after a brief illness. 
• Certain vapes labelled as ‘nicotine free’ for sale in shops across the country did in fact contain nicotine following HSE inspections and testing.
• A woman who survived torture and false imprisonment is still waiting for a public health psychiatric appointment, ten months after she endured a three-hour “sadistic” assault by five men.  
• An American actor who placed his arms around the neck of a woman causing her to pass out before he raped her was jailed for five years. 
• The mother of Private Seán Rooney, who was killed while serving in Lebanon with the United Nations, described the trial proceedings in Beirut as a “sham”.
• A man who with stabbing a garda in Dublin on Tuesday evening was remanded in custody.
• A PSNI officer was dismissed for sending WhatsApp messages which contained material that was sectarian, racist, homophobic, antisemitic, misogynistic and sexualised.
• Three people were taken to hospital after a road collision in Co Kerry. 

INTERNATIONAL

Christian Bacico of Italy competes in the swimming 200m Backstroke Men Semifinal during the 22nd World Aquatics Championships at the WAC Arena in Singapore Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#PACIFIC: Millions of people returned to their homes across the Pacific Rim today after tsunami warnings were lifted. 

#CAUSE OF DEATH: Hulk Hogan’s cause of death was revealed by a Florida medical examiner.

PARTING SHOT

IN A FIRST for Ireland, Cork’s Fota Wildlife Park has announced the birth of an endangered drill monkey.

It’s the first of its species to be born at the Cork conservation facility as part of a European Endangered Breeding Programme.

Drill monkeys are a rare primate species which are closely related to mandrills.

You can read the full article here.