{"id":630232,"date":"2026-09-20T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630232\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:26:14","slug":"heres-what-happened-today-saturday-%c2%b7-thejournal-ie-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630232\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s What Happened Today: Saturday \u00b7 TheJournal.ie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today\u2019s news.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789885573_709_.jpeg\"  alt=\"BUDGET PROTEST 5552_90755741\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Affordable Ireland Campaign pre-Budget protest, march and rally.                    Leah Farrell \/ RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n<p>    Leah Farrell \/ RollingNews.ie \/ RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n<p>IRELAND<\/p>\n<p>INTERNATIONAL<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789885574_1_.jpeg\"  alt=\"american-express-stadium-brighton-uk-19th-sep-2026-premier-league-football-brighton-and-hove-albion-versus-arsenal-riccardo-calafiori-of-arsenal-and-yasin-ayari-of-brighton-and-hove-albion-cred\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Arsenal&#8217;s perfect start to their Premier League title defence came off the rails in a 3-0 thrashing by Brighton.                    Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n<p>    Alamy Stock Photo\n<\/p>\n<p>#PHILADELPHIA:\u00a0British pop star Ed Sheeran will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/ed-sheeran-macklemore-tour-controversy-7167199-Sep2026\/?utm_source=thejournal&amp;utm_content=top-stories\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">return to the stage this evening in the US<\/a> for the first time since his \u2018Loop\u2019 tour was thrown into chaos after rapper Macklemore was cancelled as a support act for making pro-Palestine comments on stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#GREENLAND:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/trump-greenland-security-deal-2-7167391-Sep2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denmark has today hailed a \u201cbinding\u201d deal announced by US President Donald Trump<\/a> to give Washington \u201cpermanent control\u201d over Greenland\u2019s security and bar Russian and Chinese bases from the Arctic territory.<\/p>\n<p>#ROYAL ROW:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/earl-spencer-king-charles-claims-7167374-Sep2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresh claims made by Earl Spencer have been published as he doubled down<\/a> on his allegation the King said \u201cwe\u2019ll forget her soon enough\u201d after Diana, Princess of Wales died.<\/p>\n<p>#UKRAINE:\u00a0The US has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/us-ukraine-air-defence-sale-7167349-Sep2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">approved a potential $2.68 billion (\u20ac2.34 billion) sale of air defence equipment to Ukraine<\/a> on Friday, after Kyiv made repeated pleas for support to fend off Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p>PARTING SHOT<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of events took place across the country on Friday night for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/culture-night-2026-events-7165728-Sep2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Culture Night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event, held by the Arts Council and Local Authorities, is designed to celebrate and showcase arts and culture in Ireland \u2013 with over one million people taking part last year.<\/p>\n<p>Over 350 events took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/culturenight.ie\/events\/?_sft_country=dublin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin<\/a> alone, while Cork had so much going on it was divided up into city and county events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO CATCH up? 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