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

IRELAND

Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Enda kenny at the launch of the Finite Lives report in Government Buildings today Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Enda Kenny is set to step down as leader of Fine Gael at midnight.
• As international leaders paid tribute to Kenny, we took a look at his political legacy and how Fine Gael will choose a new leader.
• A man in his 40s was slashed in the face in an attack on Vicar Street in Dublin.
• There were 5,000 cyberattack attempts on one major Irish hospital on Friday and Saturday.
• A defence psychiatrist told a Dublin man’s trial his responsibility for killing his ex-girlfriend Sonia Blount was diminished due to his mental state at the time.
• A man was seriously injured in a car crash in Cork.
• Gardaí were ordered to leave a water charges protest in 2014 because some of them were armed, the trial of seven men accused of falsely imprisoning former Tánaiste Joan Burton heard.
• A number of witnesses failed to appear to give evidence at the latest hearing in Ibrahim Halawa’s trial in Egypt.
• Women’s Aid saw an increase of almost 5,000 calls to its national helpline last year as the organisation extended its call hours.

WORLD

Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron speaks during the party's manifesto launch in Bethnal Green, east London Philip Toscano / PA Wire/PA Images Philip Toscano / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images

#US: President Donald Trump said no politician in history has been treated “worse or more unfairly” than him.

#KANSAS: Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from prison.

#UK: The Liberal Democrats are promising another Brexit vote and the legalisation of cannabis as part of their election manifesto.

PARTING SHOT

For the day that’s in it, DailyEdge.ie took a look at 10 memories of Enda Kenny’s time as Taoiseach that will stay with us – including when he rocked out to Bruce Springsteen at Croke Park.

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