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

Jockey Paul Townend celebrates with the trophy after winning the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase with Gaelic Warrior at Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland. Niall Carson / PA Images Niall Carson / PA Images / PA Images

IRELAND

• Minister Jim O’Callaghan will bring three memos concerning immigration to Cabinet on Tuesday, Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae said today.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it is “sad” that Fianna Fáil general election candidate Gráinne Seoige considers her run in Galway West to be the “biggest regret” of her life.
• The Taoiseach indicated that refugees who have children in Ireland will be able to get maternity benefit without it affecting their ability to become an Irish citizen.
• A man and woman were killed in a two-vehicle collision at Glenavy, near Lisburn, in Co Antrim, while a man in his 40s died after being hit by a car in Sallypark, Co Waterford in the early hours of this morning.
• A man in his 60s has died after a house fire in Cork in the early hours of this morning.

INTERNATIONAL

Lebanese soldiers try to open the way to an ambulance at the site where Israeli air strike raided a building in Beirut southern suburb. The Israeli army said that it had conducted a precise strike targeting a high ranking militant of Hezbollah. Marwan Naamani / dpa/Alamy Live News Marwan Naamani / dpa/Alamy Live News / dpa/Alamy Live News

#PLANNING AHEAD: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to win back Donald Trump’s favour today, after the US leader blasted at Kyiv amidst crucial talks in Geneva to end the war with Russia.

#G20: Leaders of the G20 summit in Johannesburg in South Africa have agreed the official final declaration, in its bid to address issues including debt restructuring and climate change.

#NIGERIA: At least 50 of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped their captors, a Christian group said today, as the president announced the rescue of 38 worshippers seized in a separate attack last week.

PARTING SHOT 

Jewellery designer Daki Zdravka Rezic at work in her studio. Peter Gordon / Mediaconsult/PA Peter Gordon / Mediaconsult/PA / Mediaconsult/PA

A DUBLIN DESIGNER whose jewellery has won her fans among TV and music stars has reflected on a career that started crafting pieces on the kitchen table.

Derry Girls actress and The Traitors Ireland host Siobhan McSweeney and singer CMAT have both appeared on screen wearing earrings made by Daki Zdravka Rezic.

The 46-year-old’s varied career path saw her study to be a midwife and a Montessori teacher before she decided to follow her dream and enrol in a course at the National College of Art and Design.