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

IRELAND

A man responsible for Private Seán Rooney's murder was sentence to death in Lebanon today. Irish Defence Forces Irish Defence Forces

• A man was sentenced to death by Lebanon court over killing of Irish soldier Private Seán Rooney
• A fourth person died following the fatal shooting of mother and children in Co Fermanagh last week
• The Taoiseach ruled out supports for businesses impacted by US tariffs
• An ex-Christian Brother headmaster was jailed for indecently assaulting 10-year-old boy over 40 years ago
• Revenue seized hundreds of fake League of Ireland jerseys, ‘retro’ kits and designer shoes
• The FSAI ordered a recall of another two spinach products affected by Listeria 
• A project was launched to test new tech that sends text messages as they are typed
• The Health Minister greenlit a Letterkenny surgical hub alongside a Sligo one
• Danny Healy-Rae slept on it and decided he won’t make complaint about ‘shove’ from garda
• President Higgins urged EU presidents to speak up on Gaza, calling silence a ‘moral failing’
• A Sligo man became the first Irish surfer to win gold at European championships
• The Dublin Lord Mayor invited the Obamas to accept Freedom of City award 

INTERNATIONAL

The EU-US tariff deal received stinging criticism from European leaders today. Alamy Alamy

#GAZA: Israel is due to begin another 10-hour military ‘pause’ in Gaza as the UN pushed for two-state talks

#SCOTLAND: The last-minute US-EU tariff deal earned stinging criticism from European leaders.

#PERU: An environmental activist was shot dead in Peru over work to save Amazon rainforest

#GERMANY: Three people were killed in a German train derailment yesterday

#ENGLAND: The older brother of Oasis members Noel and Liam Gallagher was charged with rape

PARTING SHOT

This whole tariff stuff is confusing, isn’t it?

One would think, after months of discussion, we’d all be semi-professional economists.

But, again and again, we seem to have to pause and check our knowledge.

Well, don’t you fear. Reporter Diarmuid Pepper has all the latest you need to know on the Section 232 investigation – the thing most pundits have mentioned on television and radio over the last few days.

Any concerns about tariffs on pharma? How high will they be? What is the story with them? Read the full explainer here to get the whole story.