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

IRISH

A May Day march pictured on O'Connell Street in Dublin this afternoon Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• Thousands of people turned out in Dublin for a May Day protest calling for action on the housing crisis.
• Gardaí have appealed for information regarding the death of 22-year-old mother Amy McCarthy in Cork city.
• A young woman has died in a fire at the home of club rugby players in Limerick.
• Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell says the sooner Enda Kenny’s future is sorted out the better.
• Irish hospital car parks charged more than €19.2 million in parking fees in 2016.
• A man in his 80s has been seriously injured after being hit by a car in Ballyfermot last night.
• Two arrests have been made after €50,000 worth of stolen gardening tools were seized at Dublin port.
• Simon Harris has asked for a month to consider all options for the ownership of the new national maternity hospital.
• Ireland is in for a warm, sunny week.

WORLD

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#BIT RUDE: Donald Trump cut short an interview when pressed over his Obama wiretapping claims.

#THERESA MAY: The British Prime Minister has dismissed suggestions her Brexit meeting with Jean Claude Juncker last week went badly as “Brussels gossip”.

#NORTH KOREA: The hermit state has warned it will carry out a nuclear missile test “at any time and at any location”.

PARTING SHOT
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Have I Got News For You veteran Ian Hislop had a bit of fun pointing out alleged bias on behalf of the BBC with regard to the corporation’s way of covering Jeremy Corbyn versus the manner with which it treats Theresa May.

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