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

IRELAND

Woman walks bu colourful murals on Thomas Street in Dublin today. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Four people appeared in court charged following a public order incident at a site earmarked for asylum seekers in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow last night.
• Two Clondalkin teenagers were remanded in custody charged with the murder of a Croatian man who died following an incident in west Dublin last month.
• A Clare man who sexually abused and raped his daughter over a 13-year period has been jailed for 11 and a half years.
• A woman who died after being struck by a truck while she was cycling in Dublin on Wednesday has been named as 22-year-old Greta Price-Martin.
• The number of people living in emergency accommodation increased last month to 13,866.
• Workers at Tara Mines began voting on a deal to reopen the Co Meath mine that has been closed since last July.
• Former Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh announced that she is running as an independent in the upcoming European elections.
• Maria Arbuckle, a mother and baby home survivor, paid tribute to her son after a man was found guilty of his murder following a two-week trial in England.
• Electric Picnic finally revealed its line-up for this year’s festival, with Kylie Minogue and Calvin Harris set to headline and the Wolfe Tones also taking to the main stage. 

INTERNATIONAL

Trump speaks to the media at Manhattan criminal court during the continuation of his trial Spencer Platt / PA Images Spencer Platt / PA Images / PA Images

#GAZA: A premature Palestinian infant who was rescued from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike died yesterday.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump’s defence team in his hush money case sought to undermine the evidence of the prosecution’s lead witness.

#TATE: A court in Romania ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

#TIKTOK: ByteDance said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform or have it banned in the United States.

PARTING SHOT

“Give peace a chance.”

By the looks of it, it seems like Slovakian MEP Miroslav Radačovsky didn’t give his colleagues a chance to prepare for releasing a dove into the European Parliament.

He released the dove on Wednesday, noting that the bird is a symbol of peace.

"Give peace a chance"

- A dove was released into the European Parliament on Wednesday by Slovakian MEP Miroslav Radačovský, who said the bird is a symbol of peace.

Video: European Parliament pic.twitter.com/7v53cdbUp6

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