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The Irish government has pledged its "full support" to a doctor who is working to get a mobile children's hospital into Gaza. jrnl.ie/6743811t

Contactless on Dublin public transport? 'It's happening,' says Transport Minister... in 2029 thejournal.ie/contactless-pa…

Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes that Hungary is setting a “political trap” for the European Union in its attempts to ban Budapest’s Pride parade this weekend. jrnl.ie/6744346

This is one of the most disturbing articles I have ever read. The poor woman and her teenage daughters. Male violence against women knows no bounds.

On Kneecap being investigated for their Glastonbury performance, PBP TD Paul Murphy says it is “incredible” that the British state is “more interested in criminalizing artists that speak out against genocide…rather than the actual genocide that is happening.”

Social Democrats TD Jen Cummins hits out at the government for its mixed messaging on students fees and the kite flying that they will be hiked again in this year’s budget. “All of the opposition are very united in this. We will fight this,” she says.

Labour TD Marie Sherlock says the government’s plans to revamp the GPO show a “real lack of vision”. She says the proposals to put retail units in and “shiny” office space are unacceptable and do not adequately represent the importance of the site. ⁦TheJournal.ie⁩

Latest figures show 4,844 children living in homelessness in the State. Asked if we are going to cross the 5k threshold, Housing Minister James Browne says “it’s going to be very difficult to prevent”. “The sense of direction, unfortunately, has been growing upwards,” he says.

The Housing Minister has said it will be "difficult to prevent" reaching the point where 5,000 children in Ireland are homeless. He also denied that changes to who can access homeless services are being introduced to massage the homelessness figures. jrnl.ie/6749033t

This week on The Journal's politics podcast: Micheál Martin shows off his harp skills over in Japan, all eyes at home are on student fees. Listen on Spotify spoti.fi/3YN7H0L Listen on Apple Podcasts apple.co/4jP5avs

In a u-turn from the Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald has refused to rule out running in this year's presidential election.  jrnl.ie/6755367t

This is the stairs in a €455,000 house in Dublin

Irish MEPs say Kaja Kallas's position is untenable after Commissioner strikes aid deal with Israel (via TheJournal.ie) jrnl.ie/6760629

Kerry TD Danny Healy Rae no longer plans to make a formal complaint about being "shoved" by a member of the gardaí while in Dublin for the All-Ireland football final yesterday. "It would be nice if he apologised but I'm going no further with it," he said. jrnl.ie/6775890t

Taoiseach pours cold water on any suggestion that there will be government supports for exporting businesses impacted by US tariffs. “It has to be a strategic approach, not a handout approach,” he says. TheJournal.ie

Some news from Beirut this evening. A conviction for the murder of Private Seán Rooney. I’m off on leave but my colleagues TheJournal.ie will be writing about it.

Man sentenced to death by Lebanon court over killing of Irish soldier Private Seán Rooney thejournal.ie/private-sean-r…

Cian O'Callaghan's administrative assistant has quit the Social Democrats following the party’s decision to lift Eoin Hayes’ suspension. She said Hayes should not have been given a “second chance”. thejournal.ie/eoin-hayes-soc…

We want to hear from you! Tell us who you think the winners and losers of this Dáil are in our summer recess awards. jrnl.ie/6777308t

No hints from the Tánaiste on whether childcare fees will be cut in the Budget. Asked by TheJournal.ie if parents can expect fees to be cut in Oct, he said the govt is committed to reducing it to €200 over lifetime of the govt. Specifics are a matter for Budget Day, he said.