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

IRELAND

Former Tanaiste Joan Burton leaving the Central Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin after giving evidence today. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A man and woman were arrested in Waterford on suspicion of involvement with international terrorism.
• A €6.3 million settlement was approved in the High Court for the woman at the centre of the ‘Grace’ foster home case, RTÉ News reports.
• The board of the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group said it remains “totally committed” to plans to build the new national maternity hospital on its campus.
• Dr Peter Boylan resigned from the board of Holles Street national maternity hospital over the ongoing row about the location of the new hospital.
• Former Tánaiste Joan Burton told a trial she felt “terrified” and “ran for her life” after the car she was travelling in was surrounded by anti-water charge protesters in Tallaght in 2014.
• Taoiseach Enda Kenny said an Oireachtas committee to examine the Citizens’ Assembly recommendations on abortion will be set up.
• Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said there is “no single cause” that led to almost one million roadside breath tests being officially recorded despite never taking place.
• About 60 PayPal employees in Dublin and Dundalk will be offered new roles or voluntary redundancy.
• There was good news for several radio stations in the latest JNLR ratings.

WORLD

Amnesty International holding a protest with 100 'Statues of Liberty' to mark US President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office (29 April), outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London. orla orla

#LONDON: Police arrested a man for possession of knives and on suspicion of terrorism offences near the Houses of Parliament.

#GERMANY: Police shot a man outside a hospital in Berlin.

#UK: A 19-year-old admitted plotting a bomb attack in London, with possible targets including an Elton John concert and the city’s main shopping street.

#RUSSIA: A Russian naval spy ship sank in the Black Sea off Turkey’s coast after hitting a vessel carrying livestock.

PARTING SHOT

Mayo Day, a festival celebrating ‘Mayo-ness’, has released a video showcasing the beauty of the western county.

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