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IRELAND

School secretaries and caretakers who belong to the Fórsa trade union will commence indefinite strike action tomorrow. Alamy Alamy

• School secretaries and caretakers will begin an indefinite strike tomorrow
• The funeral details were announced for teenage girl who died after falling ill at Belfast festival
• The CAO points for 2025 were released. Find them all here
• A garda was arrested as part of an investigation into the death of a man in Dublin city
• The health minister said there is ‘no point‘ in promising extra hospital staff to tackle chemo treatment delays
• Jennifer Carroll MacNeill also called BAM’s completion claims ‘not credible’ in a fresh row over the Children’s Hospital
• Alan Kelly broke ranks with Labour and won’t support Connolly’s Áras bid
• Two ‘military-style‘ assault rifles were seized during a major drug bust in Dublin
• Sinn Féin will decide whether it will field its own Áras candidate on 20 September
• Chinese sales helped the Irish ‘brown bread’ ice cream shop to scoop up a tasty profit
• Parts of Dublin’s Luas Green and Red lines were out of order after a power outage
• Ryanair said it will pay staff €2.50 for every oversized bag they spot

INTERNATIONAL

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announced their engagement yesterday. Instagram Instagram

#PALESTINE: Israel prepared an invasion of Gaza City 

#LONDON: The older brother of Liam and Noel Gallagher appeared in court charged with rape

#OUTER SPACE: Elon Musk’s SpaceX answered critics with a successive Starship rocket launch

#KANSAS: Everything we know about Taylor Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce

PARTING SHOT

Journalists read out the names of Palestinian journalists murdered by the Israeli army in Gaza. © RollingNews.ie © RollingNews.ie

President Michael D Higgins has this evening said: “Europe will find it very difficult to repair the damage that has been done by a lethargic response that has tolerated impunity.”

In a short statement from President Higgins, he express dissatisfaction with European leaders on their use of language to describe their opinions on Israel’s actions in Gaza and referenced how over 200 journalists have been killed.

In Dublin tonight, reporters from across the country gathered to voice their opposition to the murder of their Palestinian colleagues. Members of the National Union of Journalists in Ireland read out the names of Palestinians who have been killed during the conflict.