Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

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

IRELAND

• Over 40 flights have been cancelled at Dublin Airport as a result of air traffic control issues in the UK.
• The pilot of a civilian aeroplane reported seeing a large drone off the Irish coast this evening as the plane was on approach to Dublin Airport. 
• Mary McAleese resigned from GAA’s integration committee over its refusal to stick to a 2027 timeline.
• Tusla said it doesn’t know how many foster carers have been struck off in recent years.
• Ireland’s media watchdog launched an investigation over concerns that children can access pornography and violent videos on Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin questioned the methodology used to carry out an ESRI survey which found an increase in the level of child poverty. 
• A major global study found that Irish teenagers are ranked top in the EU for reading, third for science and fourth for maths.
• Used electric car prices are rising faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid cars for the first time since early 2023.
• Luas and Dublin Bus services in Dublin city centre were disrupted after a fire broke out at a premises on Grafton Street this morning. 
• A mother expressed concern after her five-year-old son picked up a syringe containing heroin and blood near a playground at The Lough in Cork city.
• Dublin City Council was criticised for refusing permission for posters advertising an anti-Trump protest to be erected in the capital. 
• Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret was granted planning permission by the city council to commence works on its new store on Dublin’s Nassau Street.
• RTÉ said the use of sheep in a mission on a recent episode of The Traitors Ireland was “carefully considered” after the segment received criticism on Radio 1’s Liveline.

INTERNATIONAL

#WEST BANK: France and Canada will join the UK in announcing bans on products from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine. 

#US: Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked that she be pardoned by US President Donald Trump.

#HARRY AND MEGHAN: The UK’S King Charles said his son Harry and the prince’s wife Meghan are not to be considered “working members of the royal family” after they moved back to Britain from the US.

#TRADE WAR: Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars in US products took effect on Tuesday, as a trade war between the North American neighbours heats up.

#ART HEIST: Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France and stolen four artworks.

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#THE VOICE: Tom Jones hit out at ITV for ‘firing’ him from his judging role on The Voice UK, claiming he was told the cost of insurance was too high.

PARTING SHOT

Attention all readers and bookworms, the hunt is on to find Ireland’s most loved bookshop.

The An Post Bookshop of the Year award celebrates the role of independent bookshops and local branches of bookshop chains in promoting literature within communities.

Bookshop customers across Ireland have until midday tomorrow to nominate their favourite bookshop, which can be done or An Post website or by scanning the QR code displayed on posters in participating bookshops.

Public online voting will determine the 12 long listed Irish bookshops.

These shops will then be invited to enter a written submission and will also receive visits from mystery shoppers.

In October, the judges will narrow the field down to a shortlist of six finalists.

Voting details can be found here

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