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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Micheál Martin backs Jim Gavin for the presidency, officials convey ‘concern’ to German authorities after Irish activist punched by officer, and calls for the Labour Court to intervene in strike action.
NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Former GAA manager Jim Gavin has sought the Fianna Fáil nomination for the presidential race – and he has Taoiseach and party leader Micheál Martin in his corner.
- Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly has said that she “takes for granted” that any candidate for the presidency would be able to speak Irish.
- The Irish ambassador in Berlin and senior officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs have “conveyed [their] concern” to the German authorities about an incident in which an Irish activist was punched in the face by police officers during a pro-Palestine protest in the city.
- Ahead of a meeting of Foreign Ministers in Copenhagen today Tánaiste Simon Harris called on the EU “as a whole” to protest the decision made by the US to deny and revoke visas for Palestinian officials ahead of a UN general assembly meeting next month.
- The Labour Court must intervene in the school secretaries and caretakers strike, Opposition TDs have said.
INTERNATIONAL
#PULSE CHECK: The internet is abuzz with chat on one topic and one topic only this morning: whether the 47th President of the United States, Donald J Trump, has died. He hasn’t.
#GAZA: Israel will soon slow or halt humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its attack on Gaza, with the stated aim of attempting to cripple Hamas, an official said on Saturday.
#FRANCE: A man intentionally ploughed his car into a crowd outside a wine bar in northern France after an altercation early Saturday, killing one person and injuring five others, two of them critically, prosecutors told news agency AFP.
PARTING SHOT
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN is finally heating up as Fianna Fáil begins to close in on its candidate.
Soon, we’ll have to face the names on the ballot and decide who is to succeed Micheal D Higgins as President of Ireland. Vote in our poll of the current names here.
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