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

Moya Brennan's coffin is carried from St. Patrick's Church, Crolly, Donegal, after the funeral of the singer and former Clannad lead vocalist, who died on 13 April aged 73. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Daniel Kinahan was arrested by police in the UAE.
• Busloads of mourners made their way from early this morning to Eaglais Phádraig Naofa in Mín a’Bhaoill in the Donegal Gaeltacht parish of Gaoth Dobhair for this afternoon’s funeral of Clannad co-founder Máire Ní Bhraonáin, or Moya Brennan.
• The family of Scarlett Faulkner pledged at her funeral today that she would get justice.
• Ammi and Martina Burke have applied to overturn a High Court judge’s finding that they were in contempt of court, which led to the pair being jailed for two weeks.
• Transport Infrastructure Ireland has launched a public consultation on the preferred route for Luas Cork, the proposed light rail line linking Ballincollig and Mahon Point.
• The 1926 Census records are released tomorrow, making available for the first time the personal information related to the almost 3m people living in Ireland on the night of 18 April, 1926.
• Almost €1.4m has been raised at an online auction of gold bullion seized by An Garda Síochána.
• It’s the end of an era for a small but familiar feature of many Irish kitchen presses, as Flahavan’s has moved to remove the plastic 30g scoop from its Quick Oats tubs. 

INTERNATIONAL

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron at a press conference after a multinational coalition summit to facilitate shipping in the Strait of Hormuz once the US-Iran war ends, at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#MIDDLE EAST: The Strait of Hormuz is to be “completely open” to commercial shipping for the duration of Iran’s current ceasefire agreement with the US, the country’s foreign minister has said. 

#TRUMP: US president Donald Trump said the White House is looking into the cases of ten US scientists who have died or gone missing over the last three years.

#ARREST: US rapper D4vd was arrested yesterday in connection to the murder of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of a car registered in the artist’s name, police said.

#CEASEFIRE: A 10-day ceasefire deal struck between Lebanon and Israel has taken effect today, sending displaced residents streaming south towards their homes, even as the Lebanese army warned of “a number of violations” in the area.

#MANDELSON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure and a top civil servant is to leave their post after it emerged the Foreign Office overruled a security vetting process to clear Peter Mandelson to become UK ambassador to the US.

PARTING SHOT

Shania Twain's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

The live finale of The Late Late Show Opening Act competition will be held tonight.

Five finalists are competing for the chance to open for global country music star Shania Twain at her Irish tour stop in Limerick’s Thomond Park this July.