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

IRELAND

Bruce Springsteen fans wait outside the Merrion Hotel to catch a glimpse of the singer Sam Boal Sam Boal

• A Garda is to face a criminal prosecution over his driving in relation to an incident in which three men were killed in a collision on the N7 in Dublin two years ago while fleeing from gardaí.
• Minister of State Neale Richmond said that an “open and frank” conversation was had with members of the Retail Forum this afternoon, in a meeting that was moved the meeting forward in light of the rising cost of food.
• The GAA has rebuked Virgin Media Television for their claims that no other broadcaster was approached to air GAA matches after Sky Sports lost their rights to broadcast games.
• Irish Eurovision fans called for a change in how we pick our performers, after Ireland’s Wild Youth was knocked out of the competition last night.
• The grief of losing a loved one in the Stardust fire was “unbearable”, while being told what that person’s life was worth added “insult to injury”, a brother of one of the victims has told the Coroner’s Court.
• Setting a deadline for restoring powersharing in Stormont would be “deadly”, according to Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.
• Alcohol Action Ireland has recommended that the government ban big alcohol brands from “brand sharing”, something which allows zero alcohol beers to use the same branding as their alcoholic alternatives.
• A young father who abandoned his baby daughter at the side of a busy road to get revenge after the child’s mother went on a night out has been jailed for three years.

INTERNATIONAL

US congressman George Santos today pleaded not guilty to fraud and theft charges Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#PAKISTAN: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been remanded in custody for eight days by an anti-graft court as violent nationwide protests over his arrest erupted for a second day.

#UK HIGH COURT: A tabloid publisher has “unreservedly” apologised to Britain’s Prince Harry for an instance of unlawful information gathering, the UK High Court has been told.

#OPERATION IDENTIFY ME: Police in Europe are launching an international appeal for help to identify 22 women whose bodies were found in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands over a period of 43 years.

PARTING SHOT

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