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

A May Day demonstration on Dublin's O'Connell Street. graphy: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland graphy: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• There were widespread traffic delays as Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus workers went on strike
• A six-year-old boy was seriously injured after being hit by a bus in Cork
• A Westmeath man was jailed for twelve years for the sexual assault and attempted rape of his sister
• Just as we start the bank holiday weekend, Met Éireann issued a rain warning
• Hundreds of patients who had colonoscopies have been recalled over fears some of their scans were misread
• A 74-year-old woman lost her High Court action over a symphysiotomy procedure that was performed on her in 1963
• A priest was jailed for four years for hiring men to issue death threats and intimidate his nephew 
• AIB announced it is cutting mortgage rates
• There were large drugs seizures in Tipperary and Dublin 
• The government confirmed all Irish citizens in Nepal have been accounted for
• Water protesters were mistaken for No campaigners and allegedly called ‘homophobe b***ards’
• Gordon D’Arcy announced his retirement from rugby

INTERNATIONAL

One of the cars torched during the protest in Milan. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#ITALY Violence erupted on the streets of Milan

#BALTIMORE Six police officers were charged over the death of Freddie Gray

#PAPUA NEW GUINEA A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck 110 kilometres south-southwest of Kokopo

#US  Soul singer Ben E King passed away at the age of 76

#UK Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg got more than he bargained for while out on the campaign trail

INNOVATION

• A new exhibition at Trinity’s Science Gallery offers people a chance to see what the future might look like inside the home [TheJournal.ie]
• Streaming site Grooveshark is shutting down after losing its long battle with the music industry [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

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Originally published: 21.00