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

IRELAND

Kerry Mayor Mikey Sheehy, Taoiseach Simon Harris and Education Minister Norma Foley at the opening of the Listowel Bypass Valerie O'Sullivan Valerie O'Sullivan

• The Taoiseach said the Government will discuss calls for a public inquiry into the sexual abuse of children by “prolific abuser” Michael Shine.
• A young girl has been seriously injured following a dog attack in Co Kerry over the weekend.
• The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said it’s been informed that a damaged cage has been repaired following reports of an escape of around 10,000 farmed salmon.
• A man in his 40s has died following a two-vehicle collision involving a car and a truck in Co Kildare this morning.
• A Dublin-based British diplomat has resigned in protest because he believes Britain “may be complicit in war crimes” in its sales of arms to Israel. 
• Members of the public have said they were “heartbroken” by an incident at Grand Canal Square yesterday where a group of teenagers threw fireworks at people who were salsa dancing.
• A section of the N26 in Co. Mayo where a mother and her daughter were killed last month was described by a coroner today as ‘not fit for modern traffic’.
• A blue supermoon will be visible in Irish skies tonight and tomorrow, with stargazers being urged to get out and see the “extremely rare” event.

INTERNATIONAL

Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello Santa Flavia, Italy Alamy Alamy

#CAPSIZED Italian authorities have said that an Irish citizen is among 22 people onboard a British registered sailing boat which sank off Sicily this morning. 

#LAST CHANCE While in Israel to push for a Gaza ceasefire, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that ongoing negotiations were “maybe the last” chance to reach an agreement to end the war.

#PRICE TO PAY Katie Price will have her income from social media platform TikTok suspended as part of efforts to pay off money owed under her two bankruptcies, a judge has ruled.

PARTING SHOT

Alison Miles Alison Miles

Eileen Wiseman, Mary O’Sullivan and Lucia O’Leary, are pictured on Cork Harbour Cruises today.

They’re celebrating the launch of Cork Cancer Care Centre’s rebranding to Iris House Cork Cancer Support: A New Era of Hope and Support.

Iris House offers support to people with cancer and their loved ones.