Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

19 Aug 2026, 20:14 by Eoghan Dalton, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/eoghan-dalton/ · TheJournal.ie

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

IRELAND

People in Howth enjoying the weather. Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ieLeah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie / © RollingNews.ie

Road Safety Minister Seán Canney contacted the RSA this week to express his unhappiness with the organisation over its absence in the aftermath of the fatal M9 motorway collision.
A member of An Garda Síochana appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning charged with soliciting a person to murder a woman and three children in 2021.
The president of a garda union believes that frontline gardaí may not be fully trained in pursuit driving until 2028.
In further fallout from the M9 collision, the chair of the Oireachtas Education and Youth Committee came in for criticism after he said he is “sick of seeing people eulogising and heaping praise” on the five teenagers killed in Sunday’s crash.
A Limerick teen was accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a nurse while high on ‘fast gas’.
The HSE’s drug lab is worried about what’s in your vape.
A protest took place outside the Department of Justice offices after students from Gaza had their visas refused despite being offered full scholarships to study in Ireland.
Westmeath’s Caoilfhinn Ní Choiligh spoke about her journey to the Rose of Tralee crown.

INTERNATIONAL

Hind Rajab poses in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, with a photo of her granddaughter, Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed alongside her family in Gaza Alamy Stock PhotoAlamy Stock Photo

#GAZA: The Israeli army admitted firing on a car in the death of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab as it launched a criminal investigation into the incident.

#US: Rosie O’Donnell made a surprise return to US screens as she regaled Jimmmy Kimmel’s audience with tales of Ireland.

PARTING SHOT

It was the comeback of the century, and now we’ll be able to relive it via the cinema.

Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger follows Liam and Noel Gallagher as they undertake their Live 25 tour, which kicked off a year ago in Cardiff and, of course, included two sell-out night’s in Croke Park in Dublin.

The trailer was released by Disney Plus on Tuesday and is due for cinema release in September, after a fancy outing at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival next month.