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

IRELAND

Taoiseach Simon Harris attended the American Ambassador's residence today. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Gerry ‘The Monk‘ Hutch was arrested in Spain yesterday
• LinkedIn faced a massive €310 million fine over data breaches
• A driver was hospitalised following an incident on the M1
• The search at the former family home of Kyran Durnin in Dundalk concluded
• A Tyrone man was sentenced to life in prison over the murder of a two-year-old girl in 2021
• Transport for Ireland apologised after it used AI art in a promo contest
• Sinn Féin defended its U-turn position on the Hate Crime legislation vote
• Authors from Journal Media were shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards
• A law to allow elected politicians take maternity leave was approved by the Dáil
• The Israeli ambassador said she was ‘disappointed‘ over the Occupied Territories Bill review
• The Housing Minister said hikes to the toll prices should not continue
• A horse was rescued from river after being trapped for around 24 hours
• Clare Daly confirmed she will run for a Dáil seat in the Dublin Central
• Two new average speed cameras were launched in Cavan and Mayo

INTERNATIONAL

Smoke rises following an an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Alamy Alamy

#LEBANON: Hezbollah confirmed the death of Hashem Safieddine, who was widely expected to be group’s next leader

#FRANCE: Survivor Gisèle Pelicot took the stand in mass rape trial

#UNITED STATES: Beyonce is expected to appear at a rally for Kamala Harris’s campaign in Texas

#UKRAINE: EU said it was ‘deeply alarmed’ by reports of North Korean soldiers in Russia

PARTING SHOT

A somewhat confusing vote took place in the Dáil last night on assisted dying.

But the legislation was not voting for or against any legislative proposals.

So what was it for then? Don’t worry, our political correspondent Jane Matthews has got you covered with this explainer on what the vote really meant.