Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Speculation over who will be the next Fine Gael leader, the Tesco strike continues and grieving parents hit out as their son’s killer gets sentenced – It’s the Fix.

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

IRELAND

NO FEE 3 Croke Park Community Fund Local Groups from across Dublin’s north inner city gathered in Croke Park today to celebrate the latest milestone of the Croke Park Community Fund. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

Industrial action by Tesco workers continued today with the supermarket chain stating that 45,000 people had passed through the doors of its striking stores over the weekend.
A Clare woman secured legal rights over her two toddler twins that were born through a surrogate in India.
Talks continued in the WRC between unions and Bus Éireann management over the workers’ conditions and pay at the company.
The grieving parents of a man stabbed to death during a brawl inside a bed and breakfast branded the justice system a ‘joke’ after their son’s killer was jailed for five years.
Gardaí investigating the death of a man with apparent gunshot wounds have yet to find the weapon.
Speculation has been mounting over who will put their name forward to be next leader of the country if Enda Kenny decides to step down.

WORLD

Trump National Security Advisor President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Army Lt Gen HR McMaster, left, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. McMaster will be the new national security adviser for the US. AP Photo / Susan Walsh AP Photo / Susan Walsh / Susan Walsh

#UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump has raised the ire of Swedish officials again today with commentshe made about their immigration policies.

#RUSSIA: Russia’s envoy to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin died suddenly today.

#MALAYSIA: Footage has emerged of the moment North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s brother was fatally attacked in Kuala Lumpur airport.

PARTING SHOT

Following on from an RTÉ Nationwide show from the archives which showed a baby sipping a pint in an Irish pub, Pint Baby has been located. Here he talks about the video sweeping the nation.

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