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

IRELAND

A woman wearing a face mask passes by The Oliver St John Gogarty pub in Temple Bar in Dublin Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Health officials have confirmed that a further three people with Covid-19 have died in this country. 
• Two people have died following a crash in Co Meath this afternoon.
• A total of 14 arrests have now been made following a major garda operation in the Limerick, Clare and Tipperary areas involving 67 searches and 170 gardaí. 
• Health Minister Simon Harris has said the virus reproductive rate currently stands at 0.7.
• A young man from Limerick city is recovering in hospital in Dublin after sustaining serious facial injuries in a suspected acid attack.
• The youth wing of Fine Gael will vote against the Programme for Government between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party.
• A ‘Do Not Swim‘ notice has been placed on The Velvet Strand in Portmarnock, Dublin for 72 hours.
• Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has welcomed the arrival of eight young people from a refugee camp in Greece. 

INTERNATIONAL

Police detain a man after he ran in front of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s car Aaron Chown Aaron Chown

#MCCANN: German prosecutors have said they have “concrete evidence” that missing British girl Madeleine McCann is dead.

#CRASH: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s convoy was targeted by a protester as he left the Palace of Westminster this afternoon. 

#BEIJING: More than 60% of commercial flights in and out of Beijing have been cancelled amid a new coronavirus outbreak.

PARTING SHOT

Former snooker star Willie Thorne has died at the age of 66 after a short battle with illness.

A message on Thorne’s GoFundMe page read: “It is with a very heavy and broken heart that I have to officially announce that at 1.55am this morning Willie Thorne lost his battle and passed away.”

File photo of Willie Thorne in 1994 PA PA