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

Irish demonstrators protest outside the UK's Royal Courts of Justice ahead of a hearing in a civil trial brought against former President of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

IRELAND

• A new mobile payment service designed to make sending money between bank accounts easier (essentially a rival of Revolut) is beginning to roll out to Irish banking customers this week. 
• The Government is to charter a flight to evacuate Irish citizens from Dubai on Wednesday.
• The Irish government is “continuing to monitor” the situation in relation to fuel prices amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East. 
• A wman was killed in the early hours of this morning in a single-vehicle crash in Co Sligo that also injured the driver and another passenger, who is in a critical condition.
• A man charged with the murder of his partner who was found dead in a burning apartment with 11 stab wounds and 14 incised wounds made a 999 call in which he said that she had stabbed herself in the stomach, a trial has heard.
• An 11-year-old boy died after he was struck by an SUV on Saturday evening in Belfast.
• A young woman who was found dead at a house in Co Fermanagh on Saturday was named by the PSNI as 23-year-old Ellie Flanagan.

INTERNATIONAL

Trading was halted for 20 minutes on the South Korean market for the second time this month as hostilities between the United States, Israel and Iran disrupted the global oil supply. © Jintak Han / ZUMA Press Wire © Jintak Han / ZUMA Press Wire / ZUMA Press Wire

#LONDON: Gerry Adams was “directly responsible for and complicit” in the decisions made by the IRA to detonate bombs in England, the High Court in London heard.

#STRAIT OF HORMUZ: France and its allies are preparing a “defensive” mission to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said today as the Middle East war entered its second week.

#IRAN: People in Tehran woke up in darkness yesterday morning, even though the sun had begun to rise, as black smoke from fires caused by Israeli strikes on oil depots filled the horizon and created an apocalyptic scene in the Iranian capital. 

PARTING SHOT

Cillian Murphy at premiere of 'Peaky Blinders: The Imortal Man' in Birmingham.

CORK’S CILLIAN MURPHY joined his co-stars and a host of guests in Birmingham last week for the premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

The film, a spin-off of the widely successful TV series, sees Murphy reprise his role (and pick up his flat cap once again) as crime boss Tommy Shelby. Many familiar faces from the show are set to return, with new additions including Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan joining the cast.

In today’s poll, we asked if you plan on watching the film – you can take part and see the results here.