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President Connolly and her husband Brian McEnery host the third summer garden party of her presidency at Áras an Uachtaráin Tony Maxwell Tony Maxwell

IRELAND

• A former sports coach has gone on trial accused of sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
• Ryanair has condemned what it called a “mindless” attack after seven homes it owns for staff in a housing estate in Swords in Dublin were attacked overnight.
• Dublin Airport recorded a temperature of 27 degrees today as a spell of hot and humid conditions takes hold across the country.
• Jack Chambers said he would “fully support” legislation enabling local authorities to implement a tourism tax.
• The Taoiseach has ruled out holding a referendum on getting rid of the triple lock, despite a number of his own party not being happy with him about the move.
• One in five parents say they or their children had to go without or cut back on food because the cost of living is so tight.
• A young man has appeared in court in connection with the deaths of a Co Donegal mother and her young daughter.

INTERNATIONAL

A pelican walks with pedestrians over a bridge on a hot summer day in St James's Park in London Alamy Alamy

#GAZA: Israel is continuing to commit genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza through the deliberate killing of children, according to a UN inquiry.

#DROWNINGS: Forty people have drowned in France over the past five days as they sought to cool off during a heatwave that has overtaken Europe.

PARTING SHOT

Joseph McGrail-Bateup, an honorary town crier in Australia's Canberra, has been recognized as the world’s loudest person. Guinness World Records acknowledged the 58-year-old recorded the loudest ever shout by an individual. He yelled ‘now’ at 122.4 decibels. pic.twitter.com/NyQFWgDjrf

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 23, 2026

Joseph McGrail-Bateup, an honorary town crier in Australia’s Canberra, has been recognised as the world’s loudest person.

Guinness World Records acknowledged the 58-year-old recorded the loudest ever shout by an individual.

He yelled ‘now’ at 122.4 decibels.