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

Jean and David Dwyer and their daughter Colette pictured with the Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam, Housing MinisterJames Browne, and Cllr Deirdre Heney as Dublin City Council and the Department of Housing today opened 32 new Senior Citizen social homes at Glin Court in Coolock. Damien Eagers Damien Eagers

IRELAND

• Five members of Jozef Puska’s family, who withheld or destroyed evidence of the murder of Ashling Murphy, have been jailed by a judge at the Central Criminal Court.
• The man charged with the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in west Dublin earlier this week has been further remanded in custody.
• Five men charged with various offences following unrest and rioting near an accommodation centre for International Protection applicants in west Dublin have been granted bail.
• Locals in Saggart have told The Journal that they were “scared” and “shocked” by the violence that occurred in the area last night. 
• Up to 100 jobs are to be lost as Merck Life Science today informed workers that it is to close its facility in Arklow, Co Wicklow, in 2028.
• Dublin City councillors have been scathing in their criticism of a new “community safety” model established by the government to replace the now defunct Joint Policing Committees that were charged with holding gardaí accountable.

INTERNATIONAL

Vice President J.D. Vance, left, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog meet at the Beit HaNassi presidential residence in Jerusalem. Nathan Howard / Pool Photo via AP Nathan Howard / Pool Photo via AP / Pool Photo via AP

#GAZA: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said that Israel must allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza by the United Nations and its entities to ensure the basic needs of the Palestinian civilian population are met.

#UKRAINE: Russia launched a wide drone and missile attack across Ukraine today, killing at least five people, Ukrainian officials said.

PARTING SHOT

PICTURED IS KATHLEEN sharing a cuppa and some cake with the Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam and Gerry McDonogh, Chairperson of Co-operative Housing Ireland in her brand new apartment in Dublin’s Kilmainham.

Kathleen raised six children in her home in Ballymun, but when they all moved on she felt it was time that she left her 4-bed home to a family that needed it. She applied for social housing and secured her new home through Co-operative Housing Ireland.

She is now in her new apartment in Kilmainham which she has decorated herself.