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

IRELAND

Crowds arrive at the NFL Experience in the Upper Courtyard, Dublin Castle, ahead of the NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Taoiseach Micheál Martin has condemned inaction on genocide in Gaza in his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, where he also raised human rights issues impacting Sudan and Ukraine.
• Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known as Mo Chara, has hailed “victory” after terror charges against him were thrown out in London this morning.
• The number of people in emergency accommodation increased last month to a record 16,353.
• Immigration officials refused to grant visas to a Palestinian GAA club for a visit to Ireland this summer due to fears they would not leave the country, The Journal can reveal.
• Martin Mansergh, A key advisor to Fianna Fáil during the peace process, has died aged 78.
• Europe delivered a stunning early domination of the United States to quiet a raucous New York crowd and seize a 3-1 lead as US President Donald Trump arrived for Friday’s opening matches of the 45th Ryder Cup.
• A student slipped and fell to her death while walking at the side of a ‘huge puddle’ on a muddy part of a trail beside the cliff edge at the Cliffs of Moher in May 2024, an inquest has heard.
• Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has hinted that we may see a return of the rent tax credit in this year’s Budget.
• Mortgage approvals have reached a record value of €16.7 billion in the last year, despite a decrease in the number of approvals given.

INTERNATIONAL

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#JAMES COMEY: Former FBI Director and prominent Donald Trump critic James Comey has been indicted on two criminal counts as the US president escalated a campaign of retribution against his political foes.

#BRIT CARDS: Politicians in Northern Ireland have slammed the UK government’s proposed new digital ID cards aimed at reducing unauthorised migration.

#TARIFFS: US president Donald Trump’s newly announced 100% import tariff on branded pharmaceutical drugs will not apply to products from the European Union, according to Brussels. 

#WALK-OUT: Many members of the UN General Assembly walked out ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech today, in which the Israeli prime minister railed against Western states’ recognition of Palestine and boasted about assassinating his enemies. 

PARTING SHOT

He might never exercise his new right to graze sheep on College Green, but Barack Obama is now officially a Freeman of Dublin.

The former US president was conferred with the Freedom of the city yesterday at a ceremony held by Dublin City Council and Mayor Ray McAdam in the Shelbourne Hotel.

For the occasion, Dublin City Council got him some carefully chosen gifts: a first edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses (American Edition), a bottle of Dublin Whiskey from Teeling, and a hand-finished commemorative scroll.

The grand total? €3,800.