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

IRELAND

People dress up at Swenys Pharmacy for the celebrations across Dublin to mark Bloomsday, the day immortalised by James Joyce in his novel Ulysses. Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Almost half of all the speeding prosecutions that came before Ireland’s courts did not proceed any further, analysis by The Journal Investigates found.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Dáil he will be voting in favour of Sinn Féin’s bill to remove the three-day waiting period to access abortion care.
• A man appeared in court charged with the theft of €80,000 from the Rotunda Foundation, the dedicated charity that raises money for the Dublin city centre maternity hospital.
• A woman whose brother was a victim of the Stardust nightclub fire told the Central Criminal Court how she was taking a break from an inquest into his death when she confronted a man stabbing children in Dublin city centre.
• A woman who gardaí believe died violently has been described as “kind, caring and generous” in a warm tribute by a local group near her home. 
• The owner of the Silk Road Café in Dublin Castle was today granted an injunction restraining its landlord from closing it down for security reasons for the six months’ duration of Ireland’s presidency of the European Union.
• A mother and her young son are among six people who were injured following a fire in Co Kerry.
• Transport minister Darragh O’Brien will seek government sign-off on the passenger cap, with the law set to be enacted before the Dáil’s summer recess.
• Many short-term let operators will have to register on the Failte Ireland database in December this year, Housing Minister James Browne confirmed. 
• A Teaching Council fitness to teach inquiry concerning Enoch Burke may not go ahead in full this week following a hearing in the High Court this morning.
• The consequences of alleged sexual abuse by Jeffrey Donaldson “cannot be ignored and brushed under the carpet any longer”, a court heard.
• Tuam has become the first town in Galway to introduce public drinking fines.
• A banner which is being treated as a hate crime was removed from a children’s playground in Co Tyrone for a second time by the PSNI.
• RTÉ News Online and The Journal are the two most used online news sources in the country, according to an annual report on news consumption in Ireland. 

INTERNATIONAL

Accompanied by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, centre left, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspects damage caused by aRussian drone strike at Cathedral in Kyiv

#UKRAINE: Donald Trump said “Russia should make a deal” to end its war against Ukraine, after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in France.

#MIDDLE EAST: The Iranian foreign minister said ending the war in Lebanon is “the most important” issue in peace talks but Trump suggested that Syria could be brought in to deal with militant group Hezbollah.

#CALIFORNIA: Eight people died when a US B-52 bomber crashed and erupted into a catastrophic fire shortly after takeoff at an air force base in California on Monday.

#LONDON: British supermodel Naomi Campbell arrived at London court to give evidence of how she was “deceived” in her appeal against a Charity Commission ban.

#PLANT-BASED: The EU Parliament passed a ban on marketing plant-based foods as “steak” or “bacon” – though veggie “burgers” will get to stay on European menus.

#MOSQUITO MAGNET: Scientists have figured out why mosquitoes are attracted to biting some people, and ignore others.

PARTING SHOT

From left: Jacques, Carlos and Judy. The 42 The 42

Carlos Lopes phones home to Cape Verde to speak to his 99-year-old father, Telley, every Sunday before lunch.

That’s the routine that has worked for as long as he established himself in Dublin with his wife, Judy.

This week has warranted an exception.

Their son – Telley’s grandson – Pico, was as at the beating of heart of one of the World Cup’s greatest underdog stories as Cape Verde earned a valiant 0-0 draw with Spain.

Read more about the pride felt by Pico Lopes’s parents after the Shamrock Rovers player starred in Cape Verde’s World Cup match against Spain.