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

IRELAND

A reader sent this in, taken at the Lakes of Killarney today Teresa Whitaker Teresa Whitaker

• Leo Varadkar unveiled his junior minister picks today, but faced criticism over its lack of gender balance.
• Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan appeared before the Public Accounts Committee again today. Here’s what happened.
• A woman who was raped at a gaming convention spoke out after a man was sentenced to 12 years in jail for the crime.
• 20 people living in a Dublin city building have had to leave the property over fire safety concerns.
• A man died after a kayaking incident off the coast of Sligo.
• Thirteen people were arrested by gardaí after cocaine and cannabis seizures in Clare.
• Closing speeches were given in the Jobstown trial today.
• Two Clare brothers who staged a violent home invasion avoided jail.
• Backpacks have been banned from Dublin Pride events for safety reasons.
• A Belfast woman who lured police to her home in a bid to kill them was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
• Two women in their 50s were assaulted in separate incidents in Rathfarnham in Dublin last weekend.
• Dublin’s new ‘stationless’ bike company has stalled its launch over council concerns.

INTERNATIONAL

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at a vigil outside Finsbury Park mosque, the scene of yesterday's terror attack in London Dominic Lipinski / PA Wire Dominic Lipinski / PA Wire / PA Wire

#UNDOCUMENTED IRISH: There is a “great deal of fear” among the Irish-American community after a man was arrested in Boston on immigration offences.

#PORTUGAL: The president of Portugal has demanded answers from authorities as forest fires continue to rage in the country.

#TOO HOT: It was so hot in Phoenix, Arizona, today that planes weren’t allowed to fly.

PARTING SHOT

Temperatures were scorching today across the country, and TheJournal.ie hit the streets of Dublin today to find out what people thought of it all.