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

IRELAND

Two men train in St. Stephen's Green. PA PA

• A further 4 people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland, the Department of Health said.
• An Irish teenager died in Australia after he fell from an apartment complex while trying to flee a group of armed robbers, police have alleged.
• Here’s how a pocket of north Dublin comprising Coolock and Darndale has become a hotspot for lockdown violence
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said there will be no change to the two-metre social distancing guidelines. 
• The number of people attending emergency departments across the country is slowly increasing as Covid-19 is suppressed in the community.
• Trócaire has launched an urgent appeal for supporters to return donations from their boxes online or over the phone.

WORLD

Dominic Cummings leaves his north London home today. PA PA

#U-oh-K?: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under renewed pressure to sack his closest aide after allegations that Dominic Cummings broke lockdown rules for a second time – but has backed his actions to the hilt, as “sensible and defensible”.

#HONG KONG: Police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered today against a controversial security law proposed by China, in the most intense clashes for months. 

#USA: As the US approaches 100,000 Covid-19 deaths, The New York Times marked the grim milestone with a stark memorial on its front page – one-line obituaries for 1,000 victims.

#CHINA: The Chinese virology institute at the centre of US allegations that it may have been the source of the Covid-19 pandemic, has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new global contagion according to its director. 

PARTING SHOT

The news was a bit full on today, so here’s a picture of some seagull chicks spotted in Dublin city. 

Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie