LAST UPDATE | 8 Aug

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

If the hat fits: Packy Whelan of Galway with Hardrock Hero at the Gallagher Dublin Horse Show at the RDS. Andrew Watchorn Andrew Watchorn

IRELAND

• The government jet, which left Ireland for Dubai this morning in a bid to finally extradite Daniel Kinahan, has landed. He is expected to be brought back to Ireland tomorrow.
• Event organisers are demanding as much as a 22-25% cut from vendors, which has led to festival-goers being ‘shafted’ by soaring food prices.
• A Moroccan man with no passport was arrested in Dún Laoghaire shortly after he arrived by boat and a passage through three western European countries, it has been alleged.
• A woman in her 20s was airlifted to Sligo University Hospital after a three-vehicle collision in Donegal earlier today.
• Fleadh revellers getting the last train home from Belfast last night arrived at a locked Newry train station and couldn’t leave for 40 minutes.
• Two teens, a man in his 20s and a woman in her 50s were hospitalised following a two-vehicle car crash in Barberstown, Co Kildare.
• The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has voiced concern about ‘driver distraction’ over a proposed advertising project in south Dublin.
• Two young girls who jumped from a third-storey window to escape a Galway house fire underwent surgery.

INTERNATIONAL

Woman lays flowers and offers prayers at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, a day after shooting at the school in Nonthaburi province, Thailand. Alamy Stock Photo. Alamy Stock Photo.

#AMERICA: The US Senate confirmed Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general.

#UK: The Metropolitan Police sacked an officer who took ‘inappropriate’ photo of a dead body. 

#MIDDLE EAST Iran has made new Strait of Hormuz demands as the UAE says a ship was targeted earlier today.

#SOCCER: Uefa confirmed making ‘departure payment’ to alleged lover of Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

 #MEDITERREAN RIFT: Spain imposed border checks on Italy as the Ceuta migrant showdown worsened.

#THAILAND: The death of a 12-year-old schoolgirl in hospital brought the death toll from Thai school shooting to eight.

#JAPAN: A Fijian rugby player with a Japanese professional team died after being taken to hospital with “symptoms consistent with severe heatstroke”.

#ABERLADO DE LA ESPRIELLA: Colombia’s new president has vowed to ‘defeat narco-terrorists’ in fiery first speech as leader.

#ARGENTINA Lionel Messi’s father Jorge Messi has died aged 68. 

#THE POOR CRAYTUR Satellite images released by Nasa have shown the before and after pictures of SpaceX rocket’s Moon crash.

PARTING SHOT

Left to Right. Bhooshan Sade and 11month old Sianna Runghen, and Sunjiv Boodhoo and 14mths old daughter Siara Boodhoo, all from Blanchardstown, having fun in the Botanic Gardens. Leon Farrell Leon Farrell

Highs of 25C today meant people were spotted out and about in Dublin, making the most of the warm weather. 

The botanical gardens were a hive of activity, with families and couples alike coming out to enjoy a walk in nature.

Bhooshan Sade with his 11-month-old daughter Sianna Runghen and Sunijiv Boodhoo and his 14-month-old daughter Siara Boodhoo are pictured above, enjoying a fun day out.