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

IRELAND

Gardaí questioning motorists near the scene of today's gangland shooting. Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• A man in his 30s was shot at a filling station near Dublin Airport in a suspected gangland attack.
• GSOC has begun an investigation after a garda allegedly shared a video of a woman’s arrest days before she took her own life.
• Minister Shane Ross announced four roads getting a €30 million upgrade.
• The remains of Seamus Ruddy – one of the Disappeared – were found in France.
• Dublin Fire Brigade fought a major blaze at a Blanchardstown apartment block.
• The body of Alan Hawe was exhumed from the family grave in Cavan this morning.
• Over a third of Ireland’s largest forest has been destroyed by a gorse fire.
• Leo Varadkar has said he’s “totally zen” about Enda Kenny’s departure.
• The Jobstown trial heard from an inspector who said he feared for Joan Burton’s safety.
• The Irish rugby team got a favourable draw for the 2019 World Cup.

INTERNATIONAL

Police clashed with crowds before the football match between the two Madrid teams this evening. Adam Davy / EMPICS Sport Adam Davy / EMPICS Sport / EMPICS Sport

#COMEY: Trump spectacularly fired the head of the FBI yesterday. Here’s the incredible timeline of the president, Comey, Clinton and Russia.

#TORIES: The CPS has determined that no criminal charges could be brought against Conservative candidates over the Battlebus expenses controversy.

#BREASTFEEDING: An Australian politician made history as she became the first to breastfeed in the country’s parliament.

PARTING SHOT

Remember that photo of President Michael D Higgins at the Bob Dylan Slane concert in 1984?

Illustrator Rachel Grimes couldn’t deduce what colour clothes Higgins was wearing from the black and white photo, so had three goes at it.

Looking well, Michael D.

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