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

IRELAND

Clodagh Byrne from Monkstown was one of the attendees at Wellfest 2018 in Kilmainham today. Marc O'Sullivan Marc O'Sullivan

• There were no injuries after an overnight fire at an all-girls secondary school in Louth.
• 200,000 people walked from Darkness Into Light today.
• A woman was found dead on the grounds of a Dublin church.
• Leinster won a pulsating match against Racing Metro 15-12 to become the European champions of rugby.
• There were major delays to Irish Rail services after vandals broke in and destroyed signalling equipment.
• Emma Mhic Mhathúna went on the attack against the government during last night’s Late Late Show.
• A family spoke about being told that their mother who died of cancer had her smear test incorrectly read.
• A man was charged over a €335k MDMA and cannabis seizure in Meath.
• A cancer fundraising appeal by an Irish mother-of-three in Australia is going viral.
• A car stopped in Clare led to a €250k cannabis haul.
• €10,000 worth of smuggled wine was seized at Dublin Port.
• A Facebook feature showed official Eighth Amendment campaign pages are being managed by accounts located abroad.
• Ireland has no plans to ban wet wipes just yet, but people flushing them is causing ‘severe problems’ in the water network.

INTERNATIONAL

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking to TUC supporters behind a fence in London today. Gareth Fuller / PA Images Gareth Fuller / PA Images / PA Images

#CARROT AND STICK: The US said to North Korea that it will aid its economy if it gives up its nuclear programme, and the country has taken steps to do just that.

#AUSTRALIA: Grandparents, a mother, and four children were killed in a murder-suicide in Australia.

PARTING SHOT

Ryan O’Shaughnessy will be singing for Ireland tonight at the Eurovision final, and is heavily fancied to do well after his performance on Tuesday.

Together is a catchy tune, and a group of talented lads from St Michael’s in Ballsbridge did their own version of the song in advance of the final.

Here’s Noah Scolard, Mikey Kelly, Cian O’Donoghue and Conor Duggan giving it socks.

Fingers crossed for Ryan now, this evening.

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