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

IRELAND 

Man stops to take a photo of a Vents137 mural at South Terrace, Cork City. Clare Keogh / ClareKeogh.ie Clare Keogh / ClareKeogh.ie / ClareKeogh.ie

• Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys ruled out a €20 increase in the social welfare payments, saying: “If I do that, I won’t have any money left to target other measures.”
• Wexford GAA are to commence a full investigation after an incident during a junior football match in the county today. Wexford GAA wished the match officials involved ‘a speedy recovery’ and have condemned ‘any threatening or abusive behaviour’ towards match officials.
• The UK’s Shadow Northern Ireland secretary has said he would call a border poll if the circumstances were right.
• A man in his 20s has been arrested and charged to court after hitting a pedestrian and damaging a number of vehicles while driving in Fermoy, Co Cork.
• Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after five males allegedly beat a man unconscious on a street in Limerick City last Wednesday afternoon.
• PSNI officers are appealing for information following reports that men in balaclavas fired shots at a house in Co Antrim last night.
• The desecreation of wreaths and tributes at the site of a Troubles atrocity in Co Down has been condemned.

INTERNATIONAL

Protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, outside the Iranian Embassy in Cyprus. Philippos Christou Philippos Christou

#IRAN Country’s ultra-conservative President vowed “decisive action” against the wave of unrest that has rocked the country since the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.

#RUSSIA Police quickly to disperse peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin’s military mobilisation order, arresting hundreds, including some children, in several cities across the country.

#PINKFLOYD Roger Waters lashed out after two upcoming concerts in Krakow in Poland were scrapped following criticism from city councillors over his stance on the war in Ukraine.

#ITALY Italians have been voting in an election expected to usher in the country’s first government led by the far-right since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.

#STORMS Parts of Eastern Canada resembled a “war zone” Sunday after powerful storm Fiona swept houses into the sea and caused major power outages.

#ENERGY THE UAE agreed an “energy security” deal with Germany today to supply liquefied natural gas and diesel as Berlin searches for new power sources to replace Russian supplies.

PARTING SHOT

‘It’s hard to imagine the future’. After the return of the National Ploughing Championship, our reporter Lauren Boland looked towards the future of the event.

While climate and sustainability took on a new focus at the Ploughing this year, she reports that there’s still a long way to go.