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

IRELAND

A feature from the starling collection launch held at Studio 10 in Dublin. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Gardaí issued a “misinformation notice” on an incident that allegedly occurred in Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon in recent days.
• A Kilkenny man who sexually abused eight boys has been jailed for 19 years.
• Here’s a county by county breakdown of which sports facility projects got funding today.
• A salesman admitted assaulting Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman, breach of the peace and damaging his clipboard during an election canvas at the weekend.
• The Government opened an inquiry into the death of Private Seán Rooney, who died on UNIFIL peacekeeping duties in Lebanon two years ago.
• The High Court has paused the implementation of the summer passenger cap on Dublin Airport.
• Sinn Féin formally selected Maria McCormack to be its only candidate in the Laois-Offaly constituency for the upcoming general election.
• An award-winning building firm has been spared a criminal conviction after accidental pollution caused a fish kill in the River Camac in Dublin.
• An inspection of the Cliffs of Moher walking trail found visitors ill-equipped for conditions, people ignoring warning signs, and a humanist wedding where participants were standing close to the cliff with their backs to the edge.
• Fáilte Ireland’s new tourism plan aims to position Cork as “Ireland’s gastronomy capital”.

 INTERNATIONAL

People relax in Love Park/JFK Plaza ahead of the US Presidential Elections in Center City Philadelphia. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: The margins are razor thin and candidates are circling swing states where there’s hope of grabbing those crucial Electoral College votes tomorrow, when Americans will choose their next president.

#SPAIN:Torrential rain struck the Catalonia region just days after massive flooding which killed more than 200 people, mostly near Valencia.

#MIDDLE EAST: Israel formally notified the United Nations of its decision to sever ties with UNRWA, the agency supporting Palestinian refugees.

PARTING SHOT

Fontaines DC, CMAT and Kneecap are among the Irish acts to feature.

Three Irish music acts are among ten nominees to be named on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Artist of the Year list.

The list features ten acts who have been championed by the station and have made a cultural impact over the last year.

CMAT, Fontaines DC and Kneecap all made this year’s list, which was announced on the station’s Breakfast Show by Nick Grimshaw.

The other acts named on the list are Charli XCX, English Teacher, Fat Dog, Jamie xx, Kim Gordon, Little Simz and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.