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

All-Ireland winning footballer Cian McHale, from Foxford in Co. Mayo, pictured at his graduation from University of Limerick. Alan Place Alan Place

IRELAND

• Government ministers signed off on the extension of cuts to fuel taxes in a package costing an additional €407 million that will run until the end of February 2027. 
• Glasson Lakehouse, a luxury hotel in Co Westmeath, voluntarily closed after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness among people who attended the premises.
• A coroner who earlier this month heard the inquest into the death of a young rally driver, Eoin McCarthy, whose car flipped over into a flooded stream at the Killarney Forestry Rally in Co Kerry in 2022, has made 16 recommendations.
• An Irish woman and her New Zealand husband who were found dead at a holiday property in Spain have been named.
• Gardaí believe that a crash on the M50 in which a motorist drove their car through a barrier of a bridge and onto the road below was a case of driver error.
• Thousands of festival-goers are descending on Stradbally, Co Laois, ahead of Electric Picnic getting underway tomorrow.
• Criminal legal aid solicitors in Dublin have today voted to continue their strike action into next month, with no end in sight to the current court disruption.
• The National Transport Authority has said fixed fares are “a good thing” for passengers, and told taxi drivers and ride-hailing apps to work out any issues.
• Enoch Burke returned to the gates of his former place of work, Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath.
• An Irish man is facing up to five years in prison in France after being arrested for telling a Jewish woman that he would “put a bullet” in her head.
• Health insurance company VHI announced a 2.75% increase in the price of its plans.

INTERNATIONAL

An aerial view shows buildings and infrastructure damaged along the swollen Trishuli River following a massive flash flood in Nuwakot district, Nepal. Alamy Alamy

#RIP: Tributes have been paid to English actor Tim Curry following his death at the age of 80.

#NEPAL: Rescue teams are searching for more than 1,400 people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border after devastating flash floods and landslides killed at least 392 people and swept away entire villages.

#BOSNIA: Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died at the age of 84.

 #SPAIN: Thievs raided a museum in Spain early this morning and stole one of the world’s greatest collections of Bronze Age gold.

 #BURNHAM: UK prime minister Andy Burnham has said a united Ireland referendum is “off the table”.

PARTING SHOT

Astronomy Ireland said the event is the best lunar eclipse Ireland will see until New Year's Eve 2028. Shutterstock Shutterstock

If you happen to be awake before dawn tomorrow, it may be worth looking up.

A partial lunar eclipse, or ‘Blood Moon’, will be visible from Ireland between around 4am and shortly after 6am.

The peak of the eclipse will occur around 5.12am when only a small sliver of the moon will remain.

If you’re able to catch a glimpse of the eclipse, no protective glasses are needed as it’s safe to look directly at the moon, unlike the solar eclipse earlier this month.

Astronomy Ireland said tonight’s blood moon is the best lunar eclipse Ireland will see until New Year’s Eve 2028.

Read the full story here.