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

IRELAND

Pictured are members of the public walking with the Poolbeg Chimneys in the background on the Grand Canal Dock in Dublin today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Sabina Higgins said she condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the outset, saying she was “dismayed” that people took issue with her “plea for peace” in a letter to the Irish Times.
• A recent court case where a young woman was jailed for manslaughter and child neglect after leaving her newborn in a bin has led experts to speak out about how concealed pregnancies are treated in Ireland.
• Ireland’s ethics watchdog said it will not make changes to its guidelines for the disclosure of accounts by political parties, despite concerns raised about parties operating in multiple jurisdictions.
• New car registrations in Ireland have declined by 17% in the past year, figures have shown.
• Laws to reform how personal injury claims are dealt with in Ireland has been published.
• Shane Lowry’s golf clubs became the latest victim of missing bags at Dublin Airport.
• Rates of online fraud in the first half of this year have risen, according to new garda crime statistics.

WORLD

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#TAIWAN: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan today, defying a string of increasingly stark warnings and threats from China that have sent tensions between the world’s two superpowers soaring.

#UKRAINE: The first official shipment of Ukrainian grain since Russia’s invasion has reached Turkish territorial waters near the entrance to the Bosphorus Strait.

#UK: BBC’s Mock the Week is to end after 21 series and over 200 episodes.

PARTING SHOT

It’s the Tuesday after the August Bank Holiday weekend.

It’s time to sit back, releax and watch a load of dogs having the craic.  You can thank me later.