Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Here’s what made the headlines today.

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s headlines.

IRELAND

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Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy asked Taoiseach Micheál Martin to review” remarks he made in the Dáil yesterday in which he accused Mary Lou McDonald of telling lies (it’s against Dáil rules to accuse another member of being deceitful).
Several TDs slammed “shambolic” spending by the Arts Council after it was revealed yesterday that €6.67 million was spent by the Council on a failed IT development project.
Garda body-cam footage has been used for the first time in a court case for the prosecution of anti-immigration activist Philip Dwyer for failing to obey a direction to move on during riots in Coolock, Dublin, last year.
The Minister for Justice has said that chartered deportation flights from Ireland will commence later this year.
More than 10,000 baby soothers sold in Ireland have been recalled over a choking risk to babies and young children.
Minister for Education Helen McEntee said it is “her intention” that all children will additional needs will be offered a school place in September.
A wet and windy couple of days are in store, Met Éireann expects, with the southeast to see the worst of it.
Two teenagers involved in an attack on US tourist Stephen Termini have been sentenced to periods in detention.

THE WORLD

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#GAZA Hamas has confirmed that it is committed to honouring a truce with Israel that has come under severe strain in recent days, adding that it planned to proceed with the next captives swap this weekend as planned.

#UKRAINE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants to agree a position with the US to “stop Putin” before holding talks with Russia.

#US The Republican-controlled US Senate approved Robert F. Kennedy Jr as health secretary, disregarding alarm from the medical community over his history of promoting vaccine misinformation and denying scientific facts.

#AFGHANISTAN An Afghan asylum seeker was arrested after a suspected car ramming attack injured at least 28 people in the southern German city of Munich.

PARTING SHOT

The new episode of The Journal’s politics podcast The Candidate is out now – this one delves into the housing crisis and the Arts Council overspend.

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