NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a roundup of today’s news.

IRELAND

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he addressed further and higher education students in the Helix, DCU Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia’s move to sanction over 50 Irish politicians is “propaganda” and “doesn’t really affect anything”. 
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the travel ban sanction list provided by Russia is incoherent and thrown together.
• Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a bomb attack on two police officers in Strabane – investigators are calling the attack an attempted murder. 
• Cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan funeral has taken place, with a private ceremony being held. 
• Permanent TSB is increasing interest rates including fixed-term mortgage rates and deposit rates.
• An entrance scholarship in memory of primary school teacher Ashling Murphy has been launched by the INTO and Mary Immaculate College.
• Former Ryanair executive Kenny Jacobs has been appointed as the daa’s new Chief Executive Officer. 
• A man who was sexually assaulted by his mother as an infant said he was “punished and effectively exiled for being abused”.

INTERNATIONAL

Rabbits are seen jumping over hurdles during European Rabbit Hop Championships 2022 in the Czech Republic Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#WORLD CUP: Fifa and Qatar have banned beer sales around the eight World Cup stadiums in a stunning policy u-turn just two days before the start of the tournament.

#TWITTER: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said he’s “not super worried” over the future of the platform.

#NORD STREAM: The blast which destroyed sections of the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea in September were acts of sabotage, Swedish officials have confirmed.

#NORTH KOREA: North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile this morning, which Japan said may have had the range to hit the US mainland.

PARTING SHOT

Redacted Lives is a new six-part documentary series by The Journal that explores the experiences of people who passed through the mother and baby home system.

Children born into these institutions were usually adopted or sent to industrial schools – often without their mother’s consent.

Many women have tried to find their children over the years, but to no avail. Adopted people have also struggled to find their parents, or information about their early life.

Redacted Lives gives these people the chance to tell the real story of mother and baby homes, and explores how the State continues to deny survivors access to information, proper redress and ownership of their true identities.

Listen to the second episode here: 

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