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

IRELAND

Students who started an encampment in Trinity College Dublin today cleared up their belongings after accepting an agreement from the University. TCDSU TCDSU

• The student encampment at Trinity was called to an end as leaders accepted terms presented by the college to divest from Israeli companies.
• The majority of people in the country believe that Ireland should remain a member of the European Union, according to new polling.
• A baby boy sadly died due to a road traffic incident in Co Clare.
• Dublin suburbs are at risk of becoming ‘news deserts’, a new study of Ireland’s local media landscape found. 
• Hate crimes and hate-related incidents reported to gardaí have risen by 12%.
• Dublin City Council management agreed to seek a legal opinion on whether a public consultation on the new transport plan for the city centre complied with legal obligations on disability rights. 
• Three men who were arrested in relation to the fatal shooting of a man in Drimnagh were released without charge. 
• More than nine in ten nurses surveyed by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said they are concerned patient safety is being compromised by staffing shortfalls. 
• People seeking asylum who are staying in Citywest are to be moved from the facility, amid concerns of the growing number of people sleeping in tents along the Grand Canal
• The Special Criminal Court heard a man, accused of complying in a garda killer’s campaign to intimidate witnesses in prison, became a “enthusiastic cheerleader” to the murderer’s efforts.
• The Department of Local Government said it is not it’s role to intervene in local government
• Education Minister Norma Foley said lowering the voting age to 16, for local elections, is a conversation worth having

INTERNATIONAL

A child watches in Rafah, southern Gaza, as bombs drop on the city. Alamy Alamy

#GAZA: Israel bombarded Rafah as troops on the ground carried out “targeted raids”

#LONDON: A court in the UK heard that Police in the North regularly spied on journalists by accessing their phone data.

#NEW YORK: Carl Kinsella explored the state of play of Trump’s trial, where he is accused of tampering with campaign funding and asked, could he really go to jail?

#EUROVISION: Ireland’s Bambie Thug said they were “very confident” ahead of Eurovision final as viewers raved about their “magnificent” performance

#ELSEWHERE IN MALMO: A singer who wore keffiyeh during Eurovision opening act last night labelled the EBU’s condemnation as ‘racist’

PARTING SHOT

President Higgins attended the annual Arbour Hill Easter 1916 commemoration. Department of the Taoiseach Department of the Taoiseach

President Higgins, Taoiseach Simon Harris and members of the Government attended the annual Arbour Hill Easter 1916 commemoration today. 

It was the 100th annual commemoration celebration, with over 800 people invited to attend. The President and the Taoiseach paid tribute to those who died for Irish freedom during the event today and lay wreaths in their honor.