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

IRELAND 

Yes campaigners on the Liffey in Dublin take part in an event symbolising the women who travel across the Irish Sea for an abortion each day Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

• The sister of Jason Corbett said that she believes her sister-in-law Molly Martens planned to kill her brother
• A man and woman arrested in connection with the death of an infant in Longford have been released without charge
• The latest opinion poll showed support for Fine Gael and Sinn Féin on the increase
• TheJournal.ie published a breakdown of what the €2 million the RSA allocated to the PSC-driving licence project was actually spent on
• A mother of three revealed how she was denied treatment for a painful and eventually gangrenous ovarian cyst that developed during one of her pregnancies
• There was criticism of a group that placed thousands of small white crosses along roadsides in Donegal
• Trains between Dalkey and Greystones were suspended for the weekend due to fire damage
• People settled down to watch the royal wedding – there were even a handful of viewing parties in Irish venues 
• Leinster beat Munster to secure a place in the Guinness Pro14 final 
• Oh, and if your name happens to be John Paul – RTÉ wants to talk to you

WORLD 

People enjoy the spectacle of the royal wedding along the Long Walk in Windsor. Mike Egerton Mike Egerton

#SHOOTING Authorities in the US said the Texas student charged in the shooting at Santa Fe High School described planning the attack in private journals

#CUBA An investigation got under way into a plane crash that killed over 100 people in Cuba yesterday

#REMARKLEBLE DEVELOPMENTS Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married in Windsor - and a US pastor stole the show

PARTING SHOT 

Off with his head, etc…

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