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

IRISH

Sophia Delavari (l) and Emma Rodgers enjoying the sun this afternoon at the 40-Foot in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• The latest opinion poll suggests that Mary Lou McDonald is now a more popular leader than Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin.
• The weather was beautiful today, and is set to be even better tomorrow.
• A man who was Ann Lovett’s boyfriend has broken his silence.
• Gardaí attending a house fire in north Dublin discovered a cannabis growhouse worth €110,000 on the property.
• Police in Northern Ireland arrested a teenage boy after a woman in her 30s suffered severe head injuries from an attack with a cordless drill.
• The Association of Catholic Priests has called for an end to referendum campaigning during mass.
• Gardaí are investigating the sudden death of a woman in her 20s in north county Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask in attendance at today's protest against Emmanuel Macron in Paris Francois Mori / PA Images Francois Mori / PA Images / PA Images

#SIR ALEX FERGUSON: The legendary Manchester United manager has undergone emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage

#FRANCE: Thousands took to city streets in protest after on the first anniversary of President Emmanuel Macron’s election victory.

#US: A former US Marine has admitted to killing seven women.

PARTING SHOT

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