LAST UPDATE | 10 Jun 2024

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

IRELAND

Olayinka Aremu and Opeyemi Alaka, both from Portlaoise and originally Nigeria, after receiving their citizenship at the citizenship ceremonies at the INEC, Killarney, today. Eamon Ward Eamon Ward

• All the latest election events were tracked hour by hour across the three different types of ballots taking place.
• Ireland’s first MEP of 2024 was Fine Gael’s Séan Kelly who was returned in Ireland South.
• The race for fourth in Dublin continued, as the frontrunners remained unchanged after the second count day.
• Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan topped the poll in Midlands-North West but no candidates were elected.
• The sister of Nicole Morey, the Limerick woman who was killed in a dog attack last week told her funeral mass today that the heart of their family has been “shattered” by the tragedy.
• A woman in her 70s died after she was seriously injured in a collision with a cyclist in Dublin, last Tuesday night.
• Gardaí in Finglas have launched a murder investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man, 34-year-old Mark Carroll, following an incident in Finglas in the early hours of yesterday morning.

THE WORLD

A parade marking the ‘Crowning' date of King Abdullah II in Jordan, as part of the 25th anniversary of his accession to the Hashemite Throne in 1999. Balkis Press via Alamy Stock Photo Balkis Press via Alamy Stock Photo

#GAZA The UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a ceasefire plan in Gaza.

#FRANCE French president Emmanuel Macron said his country will “make the right choice” in its snap election, as the far-right makes gains in EU.

#US A prosecutor said that “no one is above the law” as he urged jurors to convict US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter on charges that he lied about his drug use when he bought a gun in 2018.

#MISSING DOCTOR Michael Mosley died of natural causes on the day he went missing on the Greek island of Symi, according to police.

Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, went on trial on gun charges in what is the first prosecution of a sitting president’s child.

PARTING SHOT

Still scratching your head on what’s happened with Sinn Féin?

Political analyst Johnny Fallon says we need to go back to 2020, but specifically to Fianna Fáil – and says that Sinn Féin have managd to ape their rivals by bringing “no new ideas or energy” to its campaigning of recent months.

Johnny looks at the lay of the land here.