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

IRELAND

Evelyne Legaux taking part in a Shine A Light sleepout organised by Focus in Cork. Michael O'Sullivan Michael O'Sullivan

• HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster said that the health service will not have enough funding next year based on this year’s operating costs. 
• An ancient passage tomb in Sligo was vandalised with writing and images scratched into the stones. 
• An elderly man was killed a road traffic incident while on a trike in Waterford. 
• Micheál Martin took aim at his political opponents during a speech commemorating Wolfe Tone.
• Gardaí continued to search for the driver of a car involved in a fatal hit and run that claimed the life of “inspirational” University of Limerick journalism student, Joe Drennan.
• Micheál Martin urged Israel to follow international law in its response to Hamas, calling on the militant group to release hostages immediately.
• Booksellers said that the expansion of the Government’s free schoolbook scheme will have a “devastating effect” on their business.
• Tony Holohan said there is a “very poor understanding” of what happened during the CervicalCheck scandal.

INTERNATIONAL

Israel continued its bombardment of Gaza today. PA PA

#GAZA Thousands of Gazans fled towards the southern part of the city as Israel prepared an expected ground offensive.

#KARABAKH Azerbaijani president Ilhan Aliyev raised his nation’s flag over the capital city of the former breakaway region, reaffirming Baku’s control over it.

#LEBANON Anti-tank missile fire from Lebanon killed a civilian and wounded several others today in a northern Israel border community, Israel’s army said.

#AFGHANISTAN An earthquake shook western Afghanistan today, hitting the same region where more than 1,000 people were killed in tremors last week.

PARTING SHOT

YOU NEVER THINK it’s going to be you. When I was diagnosed with a brain tumour in August 2021, I was only 20, fresh out of college and starting my career. It really was a ‘why me?’, ‘why now?’ moment.

In today’s Voices piece, Katie Sweeney shares her story of diagnosis of a brain tumour and stage 4 cancer and how she’s had to dig deep to battle through it all.