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

ohn and Vicky Daly from Co. Cork, with their sons Logan (5), Nathan (7), and Ryan (1), one of over 450 families supported by the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• Gardaí are investigating a fire at the Drogheda Ipas centre attacked on Friday night as arson, as CCTV footage appears to show a man setting the stairs alight.
• Gardaí have launched an investigation after a man in his early 20s died following a suspected fatal assault in west Dublin last night.
• Journalist Matt Cooper said he was “gobsmacked” to learn of Ivan Yates’s involvement with Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign that lead to the end of their partnership on podcast Path to Power.
• Funeral details have been announced for Ryan Weir Gibbons who died in Naas General Hospital on Thursday after he sustained severe head injuries following an assault last weekend in Kildare town.
• A Status Yellow rain warning has been issued for four counties this evening, effective from now until 8pm tomorrow.

INTERNATIONAL

Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. AP Photo / Jehad Alshrafi AP Photo / Jehad Alshrafi / Jehad Alshrafi

#UNITED KINGDOM: One of two men arrested on suspicion of involvement in a mass stabbing on a London-bound train has been released.

#ITALY: Five German mountaineers died after being hit by an avalanche in South Tyrol, in northern Italy, rescuers said today.

#EGYPT: Egypt has today officially opened to the public the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur.

PARTING SHOT

IT WAS MID-MORNING on 22 June 2023 when Richard Downes, the editor of Prime Time, walked into my office and, unusually, closed the door behind him. I knew whatever he was about to say wasn’t going to be good. He’s an upbeat guy, so the closed door and serious demeanour didn’t augur well.

“You know that plan for tonight?” said Richard. “Well, it’s all going to change. We’ll be doing a large part of the show about RTÉ.”

In this exclusive extract from her memoir, Miriam O’Callaghan recalls an atmosphere of dread at RTÉ on the day the Tubridy scandal broke.