Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

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

• The government has stalled its long-promised plans to roll out shared mobility hubs, which would include bike and electric car-sharing facilities, across the country because they included e-scooters.  
• A community safety partnership is in talks to begin tracking incidents of racism in Dublin.
• A teenage boy has died after a collision involving a scrambler and a lorry in Co Tyrone.
• Activist Greta Thunberg has delivered a “message of peace” at the All Together Now festival, but warned that she “cannot pretend to be hopeful”.
• A group representing striking solicitors has said its members do not believe the changes made by the government in response to its industrial action eases members’ concerns. 
• Gardaí have found a handgun with ammunition and a man has been arrested following a search operation in Dublin. 
• A man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s have been seriously injured following a hit-and-run collision in Co Laois.
• A victim of marital rape said she was “broken” by having to defend her reputation against false allegations to Tusla.
• Almost 1,600 speeding offences have been detected during the first two days of the August bank holiday roads policing operation.
• A man who abused his neighbour’s five-year-old granddaughter over a 12-month period has been jailed for 11 years.

INTERNATIONAL

#WORLD FOOTBALL FIFA President Gianni Infantino has scrapped a plan to allow private investment in the World Cup following fierce backlash from football officials worldwide.  

#UKRAINE At least nine people were killed and 22 civilians injured in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones, authorities said.

#GREECE Hundreds of firefighters in Greece are battling to save a popular coastal resort northwest of Athens as violent winds continued to lash the country, hampering operations.

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#USA The alleged kidnapper of a US television star’s mother apologised as he told her family six days after her disappearance that she had died, according to a note released by police.

PARTING SHOT

You might not have heard it yet, but there’s a country single that’s currently dominating the charts in the US.

Choosin’ Texas by Ella Langley has spent a record 15 weeks on top of Billboard’s Top 100 singles charts in the US.

The 15-week milestone is a significant one for the 27-year-old singer because it means she’s surpassed records set by Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You and Mariah Carey’s We Belong Together.

In today’s poll, we want to know, have you listened to Choosin’ Texas?

And the results are in:

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