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

IRELAND 

A painting in a new exhibition called Revolutionary Routes: Ireland & The Black Atlantic at the EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum Leon Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leon Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Two people were hospitalised after a motorcyclist hit a pedestrian in Dublin city centre this afternoon.
• Almost 30% of Ukrainians arriving into Ireland were aged 14 or under, new figures show.
• Gardaí are asking for public’s assistance to find a 16-year-old who is missing from the South Circular Road area in Dublin 8.
• The official count of homeless people in Ireland reached 10,000 for first time since the beginning of Covid-19 restrictions.
• Business leaders in Northern Ireland told a US delegation that the UK and EU will need to compromise to resolve the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute.
• A collective of street artists is planning to make a documentary about its lengthy court battle with Dublin City Council.
• RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live is set to end this Monday after a seven-year run.
• Bank of Ireland apologised to customers after they reported difficulties trying to purchase tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming Irish performances.

THE WORLD

People pay respects at a memorial for the students and teachers who were shot dead in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday Kin Man Hui Kin Man Hui

#UVALDE Police in Texas are being scrutinised with questions after videos showed parents begging officers to help their children trapped inside the school shooting. 

#UKRAINE Russia is bombarding strongholds in a separatist-controlled province of eastern Ukraine.

#COURT Lawyers for Johnny Depp and Amber Heard made their closing arguments after a six-week long defamation trial.

PARTING SHOT

For The Good Information Project, our Open Newsroom panel discussed the power of patient advocacy yesterday – you can play back the discussion here.