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

Micah Campbell Toner having a go at Face The Bowl-a fun introduction for first time road bowlers in Fairhill for the Cork Life Long Learning Festival. Darragh Kane Darragh Kane

IRELAND

• Former Fianna Fáil TD Jim Glennon came forward as the former politician who gave sex offender Daniel Ramamoorthy a character reference.
• A man was charged as part of an investigation into a “serious” alleged fatal assault of a woman in Galway earlier this weekend.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid tribute to the “extraordinary courage and resilience” of all those who have endured the legacy of the Chornobyl nuclear plant explosion, which occurred forty years ago today.
• Government will “look at” lowering the rate of the Universal Social Charge on a phased basis over the forthcoming budgets, junior minister Christopher O’Sullivan said.
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that a proposed ban on fox hunting is now the party’s policy, but that it is “clearly not the core mission”.

INTERNATIONAL

US President Donald Trump makes remarks in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, after shots were fired at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC as the President and first lady Melania Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. CNP / AdMedia/Newscom/Alamy Live News CNP / AdMedia/Newscom/Alamy Live News / AdMedia/Newscom/Alamy Live News

#WASHINGTON: The man accused of trying to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives had written about targeting Trump administration officials, US President Donald Trump said.

#FIRST HAND ACCOUNT: Irish journalist Catríona Perry described the pandemonium after a gunman launched an attack on a dinner held for White House media overnight.

PARTING SHOT

Left, the shopping centre as it is, and right, the planned redevelopment.

DUBLIN’S STEPHEN’S GREEN shopping centre received the green light for the planned €100m part demolition and rejuvenation earlier this week. 

Originally built in the 1980s, the centre is known for its white ironwork and glass design.

The new plans have caused some consternation – take part in our poll here to let us know what you think and see how others have voted.