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

IRELAND

Ria Murphy from Aerial Cirque is pictured celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing at a photocall to mark ‘Moonshots of the 21st Century'. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

• It emerged that Irish authorities are trying to make arrangements to bring Lisa Smith back to Ireland.
• Minister for Housing Eoghan Eoghan Murphy has defended comments he made comparing co-living spaces to “a very trendy” boutique hotel.
• Gsoc confirmed it is examining the circumstances surrounding an incident in which a garda accidentally shot himself in the foot in Limerick.
• A man was arrested after after another man was stabbed to death in in the North Strand area of Dublin overnight.
• Over 500 ambulance personnel began industrial action this afternoon.
• A new report revealed that almost €300 million was paid out in personal injury claims last year.
•  A man in his 40s was arrested after Revenue officers in Rosslare Europort seized over 35 kg of cocaine in a horsebox.
• With golf’s oldest major tournament the Open Championship taking place in Portrush, Co Antrim this week, Ireland’s Shane Lowry is leading the star-studded field. 

WORLD

Activist of Friday for Future cover their face with plastic and holds posters during a demonstration to create awareness about threats of plastic pollution in India. Saikat Paul Saikat Paul

#TURMOIL AT SEA: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced that they had confiscated a British tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz for breaking “international maritime rules”.

#OUCH: Boeing has announced that it has set aside $4.9 billion in one-time costs to compensate airlines for disruptions due to the grounding of the 737 MAX aircraft.

#WORRYING: Temperatures around the world in June were the hottest on record, according to data from a US agency which measures ocean and atmospheric environments. 

PARTING SHOT

Well. It’s Friday. Here’s a video from a concerned fish owner who built his pet a contraption to help him stay afloat. 

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