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

IRELAND

Aaron Stoica (3) gets to play once again with the pond at the The Garden of Remembrance in Dublin City RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A further 16 deaths and 51 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Ireland. 
• A man found dead at a house in Bluebell has been named as 45-year-old Alan Hall.
• The Oireachtas Special Covid-19 committee heard that the cost of building the National Children’s Hospital could rise by 40%. 
• Gardaí have used their Covid-19 powers 241 times since early April. 
• A decision is due soon on extending the Covid-19 unemployment payment, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said. 
• Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has said “we have effectively” extinguished Covid-19 from the community.
• Paint and plants topped customer lists as hardware shops reported a busy two days.
• Over a third of women and a quarter of men feel ‘downhearted and depressed’ due to Covid-19 crisis.
• Pollution from cars has dropped by 50% across Ireland since the start of the lockdown laws, research has shown.
• Gardaí investigating the disappearance of a man in Monaghan 18 years ago have recovered a car from a lake in Fermanagh.

WORLD

Gravediggers at a designated graveyard for coronavirus victims at Pondok Ranggon cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia. Risa Krisadhi Risa Krisadhi

#NOT TRUE: The Lancet Medical Journal has refuted a claim made by US President Donald Trump that it published a report in December referring to an outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China.

#THAT’S THAT: MPs in the UK have passed a bill to repeal EU freedom of movement rules.

#HERE’S WHY: Germany is suddenly backing the EU recovery fund. 

PARTING SHOT

Some days in lockdown are tougher than others. 

So, if you’re having a bad day, here’s a video of dogs having the craic. 

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