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

IRELAND

Diver Shane Friday at Sandycove in Dublin Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A republican group was criticised for marching down Dublin’s O’Connell Street less than 48 hours after journalist Lyra McKee was killed by dissident republicans in Derry. 
• There were over 110 acts of physical violence were made against Dublin City Council staff in the last year.
• Plans for a multimillion-euro food hall in central Dublin are back on track after the company behind it overturned a planning restriction that could have derailed the project.
• Northern Ireland Police made a fresh appeal for information following the arrest of two teenagers in connection with the killing of journalist Lyra McKee.
• Five people including three children have been taken to hospital following an incident at an indoor swimming pool in Letterkenny, Co Donegal.
• A man was airlifted to hospital after he collapsed while mountain walking in Carlingford, Co Louth. 
• Gardaí in Co Doneal are investigating a gorse fire which destroyed a house yesterday. 

THE WORLD 

Pilgrims carrying crosses to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#DIANE ABBOTT: The British MP has apologised after she was spotted drinking a can of Marks & Spencer Mojito on a London train. 

#CALIFORNIA: A blind Japanese sailor has completed a non-stop Pacific voyage today, becoming the first sightless person on record to navigate a vessel across the vast ocean.

PARTING SHOT

Today would have legendary American bandleader Tito Puente’s 96th birthday. Here’s his famous appearance in the Simpsons episode ‘Who Shot Mr Burns?’

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