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

Members of Florence Road. Lead singer and guitarist Lily Aron, bassist Ailbhe Barry, guitarist Emma Brandon, and drummer Hannah Kelly at the Electric Picnic Annual Media Site Preview at Stradbally. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND 

• Three teenage boys have appeared in court in West Cork charged in connection with an incident in which a garda car was allegedly rammed by a stolen car.
• The HSE has approved funding for a drug for patients suffering from Friedreich’s ataxia.
• The body of a woman was found in a park in the Kimmage area of Dublin this morning. 
• The family of three women and a young boy injured in the M9 crash have thanked the public as their fundraiser is nearing €800,000 donated. 
• The Garda Commissioner has declared the visit of US President Donald Trump an “extraordinary event” due to the scale of the policing operation.
• The funeral of Jack Kennedy (17), one of five teenagers killed in a crash on the M9, took place today.
• No decision has been reached around the postponed carbon tax measure that was pushed out to October, according to Tánaiste Simon Harris. 
• A large-scale search for a man reported missing from a ferry in the Irish Sea has been stood down.
• Horse Sport Ireland, the all-Ireland national governing body for the equestrian sector, has gone bust.

INTERNATIONAL

A tornado tore through Pomas in France's Aude region, injuring 39 people and damaging 300 homes as severe weather swept across the area. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#TARIFFS: Canada has struck back at the United States with retaliatory tariffs on about $20bn (€17.15 billion) worth of American goods – including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment.

#TRUMP: The US Secret Service has said it is aware that Iranian state media has aired a video which appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, president Donald Trump’s youngest son.

#RIP: Dolly Parton, the legendary American singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist, has died at the age of 80.

PARTING SHOT

The Journal got a look behind the scenes today as stages were being built for Electric Picnic.

This year’s line-up is headed by Lewis Capaldi, Gorillaz and Fontaines D.C., with Zara Larsson, CMAT, Sombr, Amble and dozens more due to perform across the weekend.

There’s also been a few new additions to the festival site in Stradbally, including a two-story pub and a…’barefoot garden’.

Read the full story here.