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

IRELAND

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe speaking to reporters outside the opening of the first phase 1 clinical trials unit in Ireland opened at the Mater Hospital RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Sinn Féin has said that former TD Brian Stanley was advised to go to the gardaí about a complaint against him, but he chose not to.
• An investigation into the Peter McVerry Trust has identified “inappropriate transfers” of funds and failures in board oversight in the management and administration of the charity and its assets.
• Three people have been arrested in Co Tyrone following the death of a child in Dungannon yesterday.
• A video released by Fingal County Council has warned members of the public about a scam involving fake QR codes on public parking meters.
• Two men have been handed suspended sentences at the Special Criminal Court for helping the Continuity IRA in a “bizarre” purported attack on Enniskillen police station three years ago.
• A coroner has called for the next of kin of patients who have attempted suicide or expressed suicidal ideation to be notified by hospitals about their condition at the time of their discharge from emergency departments.
• In the wake of overwhelming dissent regarding Irish Rail’s revamped timetable, today marks a return to the previously held timetable – with a few minor changes.

INTERNATIONAL

Lebanese people who fled their homes due to Israeli airstrikes have taken refuge in a nightclub in Beirut Alamy Alamy

#PEACEKEEPERS Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Unifil to “get out of harm’s way”, as 18 workers of the Lebanese Red Cross have been killed.

#TRUMP TARGETED An armed man who posed as a member of the media at a rally in support of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump at Coachella, California, was arrested shortly after it was found that he was using fake ID and licence plates last night.

#ISRAELI STRIKE Five children were killed by an Israeli drone strike on the Al-Shati refugee camp last night, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency.

PARTING SHOT

Dublin's Docklands RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

The sunset rising over Dublin city centre down to the docklands and Poolbeg Pigeon House power station this morning