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

IRELAND

A young Eurasian blue tit takes shelter from the wind in a Chilean potato vine bush in Glasnevin. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• NPHET reported no new deaths and 453 cases of Covid today.
• The North marked 100 years since partition.
• Three people were arrested over the murder of a 17-year-old teenager in Drogheda.
• Tributes have been paid to a prominent Irish businessman who has died in a quad bike crash over the weekend.
• There are now just 130 people in hospital with Covid-19 at the moment.
• Two Kilkenny twins have shared what it is like to have an eating disorder during lockdown.
• Over 130 people have been located through a new rough sleeper app launched by Dublin Region Homeless Executive. 

THE WORLD

A swimmer at Hillingdon Lido, Uxbridge, following the easing of England's lockdown to allow far greater freedom outdoors. PA PA

#INDIA: India has recorded 368,147 new coronavirus cases and 3,417 deaths as a catastrophic surge sweeps through the country.

#GERMANY: Police in Germany have shut down “one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world” and arrested four of its members in a series of raids in mid-April.

#USA: Three people have been killed and 27 are in hospital after a wooden boat capsized during a possible human smuggling operation just off the US San Diego coast.

PARTING SHOT 

A lot of Dubliners heard the sound of dozens of sirens echoing around the city this afternoon. 

Many feared a serious incident had occurred. Thankfully, there was nothing to worry about. 

A fire truck that was used during the 9/11 tragedy arrived into Dublin and was paraded about the city. 

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