Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

21 Jul 2026, 20:29 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

Holy Cross Church in Tramore where a stabbing was carried out early Tuesday morning. Eoghan Dalton / The JournalEoghan Dalton / The Journal / The Journal

A woman was hospitalised after being stabbed at church in Tramore, Co Waterford.
Tax and insurance will become a requirement for using an e-scooter, Tánaiste Simon Harris said.
A UCD medical student who claims she was raped by a fellow student begun her appeal against the High Court’s dismissal of her case against the university.
A self-described trainee barrister was accused of leaving a garda with a tennis ball-sized lump on his forehead in a Dublin city centre assault.
A woman who booked out an entire holiday home told of how the “blood drained from my face” when she realised the property’s owner was “hiding” behind a wall.
Cyclist barriers at Capel Street and Parliament Street in Dublin have been removed following an attempt by Dublin City Council to slow down bike and scooter traffic.
Osgur Breathnach’s wrongful conviction for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago was officially declared a miscarriage of justice.
A nine-year-old boy whose family campaigned for a change to Northern Ireland’s organ donation rules has received a heart transplant after years of waiting.

INTERNATIONAL

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrives to applause at his first Cabinet meeting PAPA

#US AND IRAN: Iran targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Persian Gulf, warning that the conflict had become “a full-scale war“.

#PALESTINE: The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earth barrier separating more than 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the Palestinian enclave.

#NO YOU HANG UP: New British PM Andy Burnham and Taoiseach Micheál Martin discussed legacy issues in the North and Ukraine during their first phone call.

#GERMANY: A group of seven Irish politicians travelled to Germany to attend the trial of an Irish man and four other pro-Palestinian activists charged with causing about €1 million worth of damage at the factory of an Israeli-owned defence company.

#WIDDECOMBE DEATH: The man charged with killing Ann Widdecombe is accused of hitting her head 21 times with a hammer.

PARTING SHOT

In his Rockin’ The Suburbs series, journalist and spoken word artist Cormac Fitzgerald travels to a different town or suburb each week to cover the gigs and cultural experiences you rarely see covered by Irish media outlets.

This week, Cormac covers a Friday night at the bingo in Whitehall.

“Tradition and community still a big draw – and with many ways to drop cash, it’s not just the punters winning,” Cormac writes, with his full write-up here.