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

IRELAND

Olympic heroes Kellie Harrington and Emmet Brennan celebrate their homecoming from Tokyo in the north inner city of Dublin on an open top bus Conor McCabe Photography Conor McCabe Photography

• Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington has made a victorious return to Ireland and travelled through her local community on an open-top bus this evening.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that “every tonne of emissions matters” in the battle against climate change and that Ireland is “stepping up” to the call for action. 
• Public health officials have confirmed 1,508 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
• Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said he “absolutely accepts” the explanations from his party leader Tánaiste Leo Varadkar with regard to the controversial event in the Merrion Hotel.
• The detective investigating the murder of a two-year-old said they believe the man charged with her death attacked the toddler at a house in Co Tyrone.
• The number of  community pharmacies administering the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will double this week to over 700 nationwide.
• Gardaí are warning students to be cautious of rental scams ahead of returning to campus, especially those who may be moving to college for the first time.

INTERNATIONAL

Workers remove the portrait of Messi at the facade of the Camp Nou Stadium after the exit of the club's ex-forward Matthias Oesterle / Alamy Matthias Oesterle / Alamy / Alamy

#CUOMO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is to resign from his position following a number of sexual harassment allegations against him. 

#CANNIBALISM: A German man suspected of killing another man for sexual gratification and eating pieces of the victim’s body has gone on trial in Berlin.

#HIKER: The body of a British hiker who went missing in the Pyrenees has been found by her partner close to where a bone was discovered two weeks ago.

#MARBURG: Guinea has confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the first recorded in West Africa of the lethal virus that’s related to Ebola.

PARTING SHOT

In a tribute to Irish Olympic star Kellie Harrington, artist Niall O’Loughlin has drawn up this brilliant piece of work: 

I can't sing Joe but here's my tribute to Kellie Harington! @rteliveline #kellieharrington @thejournal_ie @rtenews @IrishTimes @IrishMirror @IrishSunOnline @irishdailymail @Independent_ie #kellie #Homecoming #kellieHarington #Olympics @TeamIreland pic.twitter.com/IHF6qm7Bnd

— Niall O'Loughlin Artist (@nialloloughlin) August 10, 2021