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IRELAND

• Mayo prevailed against Kerry to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Final, with an incredibly intense final 10 minutes. 
• There were emotional scenes captured in the aftermath of the match in Croke Park.
• Mayo captain Jack Carney delivered a powerful speech before lifting the Sam Maguire, the first-time Mayo have won the cup in 75 years.
• The Belfast Fleadh is expected to attract over 800,000 visitors to the city from 2-9 August. 
• A 32-year-old man was arrested in Belfast after a stabbing incident took place yesterday evening. 
• Teachers have taken more than 3,400 days of sick leave over the past two school years because of assaults that took place in the workplace.
• Speaking to RTÉ’s This Week, former minister Katherine Zappone renewed her call for a pause to development at Bessborough.
• Wildfires continue to burn on Slievenamon, and a smoke advisory was issued after a smoke flare-up on the mountain.

INTERNATIONAL

A picture of snowy peaks on Mount Olympus. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#BERLIN: There was one dead and 29 injured with non-life threatening injuries in a van attack at a Berlin pride event yesterday evening.

#PARIS: Disneyland Paris has added Irish language signage to the It’s a Small World ride after an Irish man campaigned for two years to get an cúpla focal included.

#UNESCO: D-Day landing beaches in the north of France and Mount Olympus in Greece are among several additions to the world heritage list this weekend.

PARTING SHOT

Picture shows Sinèad Danagher of Arthur’s (in lead at left) who was crowned champion of the Guinness 0.0 Bartenders' Race at The Liberties Festival 2026.

Dublin’s bartender race returned to the streets of Dublin 8 for the first time in more than 30 years this afternoon, marking the end of this year’s Liberties Festival.

Participants raced from The Lark Inn on Meath Street to The Liberty Belle on Francis Street carrying trays of Guinness 0.0 in plastic pint glasses.

Sinéad Danagher of Arthur’s won the race and received a unique stainless-steel trophy crafted using a section of a historic Guinness brewing kieve from Brewhouse 3 at St James’s Gate.