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

IRELAND

Members of the public at the Forty Foot in Dublin today. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Migrant workers and reps from various organisations protested outside of the Department of the Taoiseach today, calling for immediate action from Government leaders in the wake of a spate of attacks against Indian people.
• A poultry factory worker who was deported on a government charter flight to Nigeria earlier this year has been granted permission for asylum in Ireland, effectively overturning his deportation order.
• President Michael D Higgins backed comments by former president Mary Robinson about governments being “increasingly complicit” in the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
• A man appeared in court charged with the murder of Stephen Brannigan and the attempted murder of a priest in Downpatrick.
• Tánaiste Simon Harris spoke to Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s mother Gillian today and agreed to meet in the near future.
• An animal welfare charity reacted to a shocking video circulating of a horse colliding with a car on a busy road.
• The number of dead seals washing up along Irish coasts more than doubled between 2020 and 2023, The Journal Investigates revealed.
• A man who died after getting into difficulty in the River Flesk in Kerry yesterday was named locally as Padraig O’Rahilly.
• An Asian Hornet was captured in Cork in what the government said was a “significant threat to biodiversity in Ireland”.
• Irish activists are helping to organise a new international flotilla aiming to deliver aid to Gaza and break Israel’s blockade as the number of civilians killed through violence or starvation continues to rise.
• Fashion accessories chain Claire’s said it will appoint administrators for its UK and Ireland business, putting around 2,150 jobs at risk.
• Ireland is the seventh most expensive country in the euro area to take out a mortgage despite falling interest rates.
• Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has written to the Irish Times, criticising one of the newspaper’s columnists for “slagging” him over his opinions on Dublin’s Metrolink.
• A putrid burning odour wafted across Waterford city this week, leading to people to avoid the city centre and some shops to briefly close their doors.

INTERNATIONAL

Sylvester Stallone is unveiled by President Donald Trump to be a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. Alamy Alamy

#UKRAINE: Donald Trump said a second meeting with both the Ukrainian president and the Russian president has a ‘very good chance’ of happening should his meeting on Friday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin go well.
#SANCTIONS: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia should face new sanctions if it refuses to agree to an “immediate ceasefire” at this week’s summit between Trump and Putin.
#OFF THE HOOK: Britain’s Foreign Minister David Lammy referred himself to the environment watchdog after going fishing in a carp pond with US Vice President JD Vance without a licence.
#SPAIN: Thousands of people in Spain have been evacuated to escape wildfires burning across large areas of land.
#MEXICO: US officials said Mexico has sent 26 wanted fugitives to the United States, including alleged Mexican drug cartel kingpins, amid pressure to crack down on cross-border fentanyl smuggling.
#US CULTURE: The Kennedy Centre, the US national cultural centre, announced its first honourees since President Donald Trump removed the board and installed himself as chairman. Actor Sylvester Stallone and rock band KISS are among the honourees.

PARTING SHOT

Emma Raducanu serves against Aryna Sabalenka during Day 5 of the Cincinnati Open. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

A crying child briefly stole the spotlight at yesterday’s Cincinnati Open – enough for tennis player Emma Raducanu to ask that they be removed from the stadium.

During Raducanu’s match against Aryna Sabalenka, she stopped and brought the disturbance to the chair umpire’s attention, saying: “It’s been, like, 10 minutes.”

Emma Raducanu : "It's been 10 minutes."

Referee : "It's a child. Do you want me to take a child off the court?"

Emma Raducanu : "Yes." (And some spectators also say yes)
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“It’s a child, do you want me to send the child out of the stadium?” the umpire asked, to which Raducanu shrugged and pointed toward the crowd – who were chanting for the child to be removed.

So in today’s poll we wanted to know: Is it fair to ask crying children to leave an event?

Take part in our poll here, or see how others have been voting.