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

IRELAND

Peadar Tóibín launched his new political party Aontú today Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said other EU member states “wouldn’t be forgiven” if they veto a Brexit extension.
• Free GP care will be offered to under 12s, as the government announced new changes to the revised GP contract.
• A man was shot in north Dublin after a car pulled up and a passenger fired at his victim with a handgun.
• A woman died following a road crash in Meath.
• Sinn Féin has said it’s readying to fight MEP elections in Northern Ireland.
• The party also lambasted Karen Bradley over comments on voting rights for Irish citizens in Northern Ireland.
• Ireland has revised its travel advice to Brunei after harsh sharia laws were implemented.
• A snake died after a fire at the National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny.
• Here’s what will happen to Ireland’s European elections if the UK is compelled to hold its own.

INTERNATIONAL

A creative sign at a protest outside the Brunei-owned Dorchester Hotel in London today over new anti-LGBT laws. Sophie Hogan / PA Images Sophie Hogan / PA Images / PA Images

#CALEXICO: US President Donald Trump said “our country is full” during a visit to the Mexico border where he inspected a new border fence.

#BREXIT: British passports are now being issued without the words “European Union”. 

#CORRIE: Coronation Street is to feature a black family for the first time in its 59-year history.

PARTING SHOT

“From series like Making a Murderer to podcasts like Serial – true crime seems to be everywhere these last few years.”

This article on the BBC asks whether culture’s growing obsession with true crime is a problem.

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