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

IRELAND

Protesters who marched from City Hall to the Department of Justice in support of victims of sexual assault and rape. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Thousands took part in protests across the country demanding women are treated better in the criminal justice system.
• Cocaine, heroin and ketamine was seized at Dublin Port.
• An Irish boy (10) died after he was knocked down in a hit-and-run in Tenerife.
• Police in the North arrested a sixth man in connection with a huge cannabis haul.
• There was more bad news on the weather front as forecasters predicted a return to freezing conditions.
• Hundreds of young people may be left without a place to go for disability day services in September due to funding shortages.
• Shops and businesses around Ireland have introduced autism-friendly events in recent years.

INTERNATIONAL

Activists hold placards during a protest in solidarity with Gaza on the Israeli side of Gaza-Israel border, DPA / PA Images DPA / PA Images / PA Images

#PALESTINE: Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney called on Israel to show restraint after 16 Palestinians were killed yesterday.

#USA: President Donald Trump declared April as ‘sexual assault awareness’ month.

#UK: The funeral of renowned scientist Stephen Hawking took place.

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