Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Sinn Féin Senator suspended for ‘catastrophic error’, and Brexit ‘backstop’ agreed on Irish border – it’s the Fix.

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

IRELAND

THE LUG AT SUNSET 758A7966_90540053 Lugnaquilla, Co Wicklow, at sunset today Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

Mary Lou McDonald says a Sinn Féin senator who retweeted a post calling an IRA victim a ‘sadist’ make a ‘catastrophic error’. Her party also moved forward its Ard Fheis to June in order to sort its policy on the Eighth Amendment.
It’s going to be a chilly -5 degrees in some areas of the country tonight.
A teenager arrested following the fatal stabbing of a man in a Clare nightclub was released without charge.
The UK and the EU agreed on a Brexit ‘backstop’ solution for the Irish border.
A woman in her 80s was found dead on the grounds of a church in Co Louth.
Householders were urged to check their gardens and their sheds in the search for missing 14-year-old Elisha Gault.
A homeless man was found dead in a doorway in Cork city.

WORLD

Celebrities Attend The David Haye Vs. Tony Bellew Fight Ant McPartlin John Phillips / Getty John Phillips / Getty / Getty

#MISSISSIPPI: A teenage girl was shot dead by her nine-year-old brother in an argument over a video game controller.

#ANT MCPARTLIN: The TV personality has stepped aside from his presenting duties following his arrest for drink-driving.

PARTING SHOT

It’s the end of a bank holiday weekend. One in which Ireland won a Grand Slam. So it’s safe to say there may be a lot of sore heads about the place this evening. And a lot of Fear. So this won’t help – here are seven sounds guaranteed to scare the life out of an Irish person at the best of times, let alone now. And this is the worst of the lot:

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