Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday TheJournal.ie [Video]

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

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Members of the 353 Samba Club who will be performing as part of City Sounds during this Friday’s Culture Night. Over 300 free events will take place across Dublin city and county. JULIEN BEHAL PHOTOGRAPHY JULIEN BEHAL PHOTOGRAPHY

• An XL Bully dog was put down after it attacked a man in Dublin on Sunday morning.
• Gardaí and international police forces worked together to break up a new Irish drug cartel which has resulted in wide ranging arrests and seizures of heroin and cocaine across the country, The Journal learned.
• Meanwhile, Gardaí have begun using an unmarked Scania truck on specialist road policing operations across the country. 
• Former Finance Minister Michael McGrath was announced as the new EU Commissioner for Justice.
• President Michael D Higgins said that a stroke he experienced earlier this year continues to affect him physically, but that he …