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

Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

IRELAND

• The Easter Rising of 1916 was commemorated with a military ceremony outside the GPO on O’Connell Street this afternoon.
• The only surviving child of an executed leader of the 1916 Rising died today at the age of 104.
• The Editor-in-Chief of the Irish Independent has said he is concerned that data of journalists working for INM may have been accessed without their knowledge.
• A teenager has died and two other people were seriously injured in a car crash in Clare.
• Tributes were paid to the 10-year-old boy killed during a family holiday in Tenerife by a hit-and-run driver.
• Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said misogyny is present in the Catholic Church.
• House prices continue to rise and the number of properties on the market continues to fall, the latest Daft.ie house price report has found.
• An investigation is underway after a man was stabbed in Louth.

Palestinian protesters walk between their family tents which they set it up in front the Gaza Strip border with Israel, during the sun set today. Adel Hana Adel Hana

INTERNATIONAL

#ISRAEL: The country’s defence minister has said troops acted appropriately by only firing on Palestinian protesters who charged toward Gaza’s border with Israel.

#SOUTH KOREA: The United States and South Korea kicked off a low-key joint military drill as a diplomatic thaw over North Korea gathered pace.

PARTING SHOT

In case you missed it, TDs were left furious this morning at the news that they will now need to show a Public Services Card (PSC) to gain entry to Leinster House (look closely).

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