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

IRELAND

A mural of Irish boxing star Katie Taylor outside Peadar Browne's pub in Dublin Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A murder trial heard that a Dublin woman attempted to poison her three children a day before she suffocated them to death at their family home last year.
• 358 more cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Ireland.
• The government announced that stamp duty on the block buying of ten or more residential houses would rise to 10%.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin called Israel’s response to its conflict with Palestine “wholly disproportionate” but said he will not expel the country’s ambassador.
• Aer Lingus announced that it will lay off staff as part of plans to close its cabin crew bases in Shannon and Cork.
• Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced that the online Covid-19 vaccine booking portal will open for those aged 45-49 from tomorrow.
• A man was jailed for 20 months after burning a toddler’s face with a mini blow torch.
• The government extended a number of emergency Covid-19 powers that were originally due to expire next month until November.

INTERNATIONAL

Prince Charles visits the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast PA PA

#BALDONNELL: A US Air Force aircraft landed at the Irish Air Corps airfield in Dublin as it made its way to Britain.

#INDIAN VARIANT: There were warnings about the spread of the Indian variant of Covid-19 in the UK.

#CYCLONE TAUKTAE: 33 people were killed and more than 90 are still missing after a monster cyclone slammed the western coast of India.

PARTING SHOT

After a year off, the Eurovision Song Contest is back tonight.

Lesley Roy will represent Ireland in the first semi-final this evening. If you haven’t heard her tune Maps, wrap yourself in a tricolour and take a listen:

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