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

IRELAND

Bambie Thug performing Doomsday Blue at second stage rehearsal ahead of Eurovision semi-final next week in Malmo, Sweden Alma Bengtsson Alma Bengtsson

• A total of 285 people have been moved from a makeshift encampment surrounding the International Protection Office on Mount Street in Dublin centre.
• For our Morning Lead, The Journal visited Newtownmountkennedy in recent days to speak to locals and organisers, after the protests reached fever pitch last Thursday night.
• Rishi Sunak urged the Irish government not to send police into border areas amid a row over asylum seekers crossing from Northern Ireland into the Republic.
• Two people who died following a road traffic collision in the Doogary Road area of Omagh, Co Tyrone last night have been named locally. 
• Legislation allowing for the creation of ‘safe access zones’ around facilities where abortions are conducted passed through the Oireachtas.
• A former RTÉ studio news director was jailed for a year after pleading guilty to possessing child sex abuse images on his mobile phone.
• A drive who sped around a Co Donegal village with one friend on the roof of his car and another on the bonnet appeared in court after one of them was left with a serious brain injury when the driver slammed on the brakes.
• The new Troubles Legacy Act, which takes effect in Northern Ireland today, is a “complete affront to justice”, Amnesty International said. 
• Dublin Airport is seeking to become the summer operators of the defunct QuickPark commercial car park after their bid to buy the facility was blocked by the competitions watchdog last month.
• There was a record 7.3% decrease in energy-related emissions in Ireland in 2023, reaching their lowest in 30 years.

INTERNATIONAL

Hundreds of New York City police swept into Columbia University last night to end a pro-Palestinian occupation AP AP

#US PROTESTS: A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Columbia University in New York ended in dramatic fashion last night, with riot police bursting into a building occupied by demonstrators and making hundreds of arrests.

#RWANDA PLAN: The first migrants set to be deported to Rwanda have been detained in the UK.

#GAZA: Israeli leaders have urged allies to reject efforts to use the International Criminal Court against their country over its assault on Gaza.

PARTING SHOT

Richard Gadd in Netflix's Baby Reindeer Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Baby Reindeer seems to be on everyone’s watch list, and our reporter Carl Kinsella has been looking at the hit Netflix series.  

It’s a psychological thriller that tells the story of comedian Richard Gadd’s own experience of being stalked by a female friend and fan, sexually abused by a prominent male writer, and his attempts to navigate these hardships while pursuing his fledgling comedy career. 

However, internet sleuths quickly discovered the real life stalker portrayed in the show, something Gadd had asked fans not to so, saying it was “not the point”.

So how do we, the audience consume meaningful stories without seeking to insert ourselves into them.