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PARIS 2024

Show jumper Shane Sweetnam on his horse James Kann Cruz

• Kellie Harrington will seek to defend her boxing title as she takes on Yang Wenlu in the final of the lightweight (60kg) category.
• Show jumpers Daniel Coyle and Shane Sweetnam failed to place on a tough course at the  the Château de Versailles.
• Runners Sharlene Mawdsley and Sophie Becker will turn their attentions to the 4x400m relay, as their individual campaigns ended in disappointment in the 400m Repachage this morning.
• Ireland set a new national record in Women’s Team Pursuit, but were unable to proceed past the first round.

IRELAND

• Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that he “will not be dettered” from doing his job, after threats were made on social media against him and his family.
• Tánaiste Mícheál Martin has called the social media platform X “problematic”, and blamed it for stoking violence during recent riots in the UK.
• A ‘Coolock Says No’ banner was met with anger at an anti-immigrant protest in Dublin today, after it was seen alongside Loyalist flags in Belfast at a protest over the weekend.
• A hate crime is being investigated after a man had his head repeatedly stamped on during riots in Belfast last night.
• A man charged with the murder of Croatian man, Josip Štrok in Clondalkin last year has been bailed.
• Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after an alleged assault in Stephen’s Green left a man in his 30s hospitalised.
• The GAA has invited “expressions of interest” from broadcasters for matches currently being broadcast via the GAAGO platform.
• The PSNI has said that there is “no doubt” that Loyalist paramilitaries were involved in coordinating violence during riots in Belfast over the weekend.
• Gardaí are investigating the after the body of a woman, 80s, identified locally as Josephine Ray, was found at a home in Tipperary on Sunday afternoon.
• High Court proceedings have been issued against social media platform X by the Data Protection Commissioner over concerns that the company is breaching GDPR and using personal data from millions of Europeans to train its ‘Grok’ platform.

INTERNATIONAL

US Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris (left) and her running mate Tim Walz (right).

#GREYHOUNDS Irish greyhounds being exported to India are being used in a cruel ‘new craze’ sport involving racing them with motorbikes.

#KAMALA The US Democratic Party has officially selected Kamala Harris as its predidential nominee. She has chosen Minnesota governer Tim Walz as her running mate.

#BANGLADESH Over 100 people were killed in a single day during unrest in Bangladesh as nationwide protests forced the country’s prime minister to flee.

#GOOGLE A US court has ruled that tech company Google has been illegally exploiting its market dominance to squash its competitors.

#RIOTS Courts in the UK could sit 24 hours a day to deal with arrests made during riots that have gripped the country.

#JAPAN Japanese markets rebounded today following a massive sell-off that caused the exchange to drop by 12.4% yesterday.

PARTING SHOT

A pro-Palestinian demonstration at Alexanderplatz, Berlin. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

A German court has convicted a pro-Palestinian activist for chanting the slogan “From the river to the sea” at a demonstration in Berlin on 11 October last year.

The decision, which the defendants lawyer called a defeat for free speech and a win for “state oppression”, came with a €600 fine for Ava Moayeri.

The phrase was referred to as a Hamas slogan by interior minister, Nancy Faeser, in a move banning Hamas activities in Germany.

However, it is one of the most common and consistent phrases heard at pro-Palestinian rallies worldwide, including in Ireland.

German police have consistently used the phrase as a justification for banning demonstrations, and for responding violently to protesters.