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

IRELAND

ESA Astronaut, Italian Paolo Nespoli speaking with CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory Summer Space Camp members.Source: Clare Keogh

• An Irish couple on their honeymoon was caught in Greek wildfires
• The remains of an Irishman were found in France
• The Department of Health announced a pause on the use of transvaginal mesh
• New stats showed there were 9,872 homeless people in Ireland in June
• A group of Ryanair pilots went on strike for the third day
• Noel Whelan  ruled himself out of the race to become President
• But Joan Freeman asked councils to convene special meetings
• A new law around ticket touting was approved by Cabinet
• The GAA and organisers of the Liam Miller tribute match had a meeting

INTERNATIONAL

The sun breaks through a smoked filled sky as cars drive on a road near Kineta, west of Athens.Source: Thanassis Stavrakis

#GREECE: At least 74 people are dead in Greece after wildfires hit.

#COMMONS PEOPLE: Ian Paisley Jr has been suspended from the DUP and the House of Commons after the North Antrim MP was found by a parliament watchdog to have broken rules by not declaring two trips to Sri Lanka.

#TOUR DE FRANCE: The Tour de France’s 16th stage was briefly brought to a halt today when police used tear gas near the peloton to break up a protest by farmers.

PARTING SHOT

A shipping container may just be somewhere you changed for football as a kid, but this Wall Street Journal video explains how the containers changed the world as we know it.