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

IRELAND

US President Joe Biden with Senator Rebecca Moynihan and her daughter Margot at Leinster House. PA PA

• US president Joe Biden wrapped up a busy day of events in the capital with a banquet in Dublin Castle. You can relive the main moments here.
• You can catch a recap of his historic joint address to both houses of the Oireachtas here too.
• Tributes have been paid to Irish rally driver Craig Breen who was killed in a testing accident in Croatia.
• Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man in his 70s died after being struck by a van in Co Cork early this morning.
• A ban on mixing poultry and other birds to stop the spread of Avian Influenza, or bird flu, will be lifted on 18 April.
• The rate of inflation in Ireland for the 12 months up to March 2023 was 7.7%, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
• The government must invest in port infrastructure in order to make them capable of developing offshore wind farms, a new report has found.

INTERNATIONAL

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#FRANCE Protestors opposing President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 protested in cities and towns around the country today.

#LEAK The person behind a leak of highly sensitive US government documents, relating to the Ukraine war and US allies, worked on a military base and shared the material in a private online group.

#TRUMP Former US president Donald Trump is due back in New York today to answer questions in a civil case that accuses him and three of his children of business fraud.

#WAR CRIMES The Russian prosecutor-general’s Office announced it is opening a preliminary probe into footage purporting to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.

PARTING SHOT

The official record has been corrected!

Last night at The Windsor in Dundalk, Co Louth, Joe Biden made a gaffe in which the US president appeared to confuse the All Blacks rugby team with the Black and Tans.

The error led to humour online and caused the White House to amend the speech’s official transcript in order to add a reference to the All Blacks.

A section of the official transcript released by the White House White House Press Office White House Press Office

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