Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

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

IRELAND

• Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said Ireland wants to opt into new EU rules that could allow failed asylum seekers to be sent to so-called “return hubs” outside the European Union.
• A formal State apology is to be made in the Dáil to the victims of notorious child abuser Bill Kenneally on 14 July.
• A woman who was born in a mother and baby home in Cork where hundreds of babies died said survivors are prepared to chain themselves to diggers to prevent the building of apartments at the site.
• A cyclist died after he was involved in a collision in Co Kilkenny on Wednesday.
• A final decision on the new flat fee for criminal legal aid solicitors was expected to be made today, as talks continue over the weekend following a week of significant disruption across the courts system.

INTERNATIONAL

#HEATWAVE: The World Health Organization said over 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded in Europe since 21 June in connection with the record-breaking heatwave roasting much of the continent.

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#FRANCE: Eleven people were killed after a skydiving plane crashed in eastern France, local authorities said. 

#VENEZUELA: Rescue crews continue to race to find survivors in the rubble of Venezuela’s powerful earthquakes as the death toll reached 1,430 on Saturday and hopes dwindled.

PARTING SHOT

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING to do over the next few evenings? You might want to cast your eyes skyward as June’s Strawberry Moon rises over Ireland.

Astronomy Ireland is encouraging people to head outside tonight and on Monday and Tuesday evening to catch the full moon, which is expected to put on an impressive display as it rises low over the horizon. 

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