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

IRELAND

Peter McDermott, who died after being assaulted in Westport

• A man who was assaulted in Westport over the weekend died in University Hospital Mayo.
• Agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue said there is no guarantee that Ireland will be able to maintain the already controversial incoming nitrate derogation limit of 220 kg per hectare. 
• A businessman who co-owns a strategic land bank at Dublin Airport said he is in talks with international venture funds who want to build a “private terminal”, as he claims the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) made only a “derisory offer”. 
• A woman in her eighties and a man in his fifties died after a house fire in Co Cavan, which Gardaí were alerted to shortly before 2 am last night.
• Almost 50 vehicles were clamped near Croke Park at the business end of the All-Ireland championships this year, figures from Dublin City Council reveal.
• Fishing boat owners are turning to trafficking huge amounts of drugs into Ireland and countries across the African and European Atlantic seaboard due to dwindling fish stocks and to deal with debt, Niall O’Connor reported this morning. 

 INTERNATIONAL

Damaged buildings near the epicenter at Amizmiz Village in Morocco Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#MOROCCO The death toll of a massive earthquake that hit Morocco yesterday rose to over 2,000. 

#HUNGARY Two people died and four others were injured when a plane crashed at an air show in Hungary.

#MANHUNT Captured fugitive Daniel Khalife was charged with escaping from custody at HMP Wandsworth, London police have said.

#KHARTOUM At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in air strikes in the south of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, local activists said.

PARTING SHOT

Ireland’s James McClean and Shane Duffy ahead of their clash with The Netherlands. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

Ireland take on The Netherlands tonight and you can follow the events in real time on our blog here.

With the Irish football team having lost three out of their opening four games, another defeat this evening and the Euros dream will be effectively over, if not mathematically.

There’s a lot at stake on what promises to be a fascinating night at the Aviva.

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