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

President Catherine Connolly attending the Arbour Hill 1916 Commemoration Ceremony in Dublin. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

IRELAND

• The planned regeneration of Dublin city’s Oliver Bond flats was scrapped after the Department of Housing withdrew funding for the project.
• The HSE is to pause recruitment for some non-frontline roles in three of its six health regions as it grapples with a significant overspend across the health service.
• The exchequer went from a €2.8 billion surplus last year to a €4.7 billion deficit this year, according to the end-April figures released by the Department of Finance today. 
• A judge remanded in custody a Lisdoonvarna retailer pending sentence for the sexual abuse of a primary school boy in the 1980s.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin doubled down on his comments about nuclear energy, after stating earlier this week that the country should “consider seriously” its use. 

INTERNATIONAL

Medics escort a patient, second right, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, to an ambulance after being flown to Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands. AP Photo / Peter Dejong AP Photo / Peter Dejong / Peter Dejong

#BEIRUT: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military struck Lebanon’s capital Beirut, the first time since a ceasefire came into place on 17 April.

#HANTAVIRUS: A plane believed to be carrying a passenger from a cruise ship struck by the deadly hantavirus landed in the Netherlands this evening after patients were evacuated from the vessel off Cape Verde.

#US: The creator of television news network CNN, Ted Turner, died at the age of 87.

PARTING SHOT

RYANAIR BOSS MICHAEL O’Leary wants to ban early morning pre-flight pints because some passengers have been getting too drunk and causing problems.

It’s become somewhat of a holiday tradition: day or night, stag do or family holiday, Austria or Australia – some people love starting their trip with a cheeky pint (or something stronger).

But is drinking in the morning acceptable if it’s in an airport? Or are pre-flight pints causing more hassle than they’re worth?

We want to hear your stories.