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

IRELAND

Taoiseach Enda Kenny opening a new Scouting Ireland facility at Larch Hill in the Dublin Mountains. Julien Behal Julien Behal

• Some more heavy hitters came out in support of Leo Varadkar, bringing him close to the Fine Gael leadership.
• Dublin gay bar The George was vandalised with Nazi and homophobic graffiti.
• Two men were arrested after a hijacking in Co Down in which a man was terrorised in his car.
• A TD went on The Late Late Show to discuss his depression and his suicide attempt.
• Historian Catherine Corless and Tuam mother and baby home survivors are to meet with members of the Dáil in June.
• A memorial was held for Ciarán Smith, a missing crew man who died in the Rescue 116 tragedy. (RTÉ)
• Airbnb is now listing Dublin activities for tourists travelling to the Irish capital.

WORLD

US President Donald Trump signs an arms deal with Saudi Arabia's King Salman. Twitter / PressSec Twitter / PressSec / PressSec

#RE-ELECTION: Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was overwhelmingly re-elected ahead of his hardline rival.

#RIYADH: On his first foreign trip as US President, Donald Trump signed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

#INDIA: A woman in the Indian state of Kerala cut off a man’s penis after he allegedly tried to rape her at her house.

PARTING SHOT

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CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper has apologised for saying that a Donald Trump supporter would defend the president “if he took a dump on his desk”.