Here's What Happened Today: Monday

May pleads for Brexit vote, Carrickmines fire inquest and the Dáil braces for return.

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

IRELAND

File Photo: An inquest into the deaths of ten people in a fire at a halting site in Carrickmines in south Dublin is due to get under way today. The fire, which caused the deaths of five adults and five children including a baby, occurred over three years A vigil in October 2015 following the Carrickmines fire which claimed ten lives. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

An inquest into the deaths of 10 victims in the 2015 Carrickmines fire has heard the probable cause was a chip pan that had been left on an electric cooker.
Gardaí are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a teenager in south Dublin.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that we will have a bumper day of elections and referendums on 24 May.
The funeral of teacher Dawn Croke, who saved the life of a six-year-old in a car accident, took place in Donegal.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that a carbon charge would be introduced and would increase each year up to 2030.
The government has been criticised for not releasing a report on the Public Services Card because it may “be contrary to the public interest”.
Former INLA man Dessie O’Hare pleaded guilty to assault and false imprisonment in Dublin.
A man gave his partner a “merciless beating” before abducting her infant child has had his sentenced increased to three years.

WORLD

The annual Canary Wharf Winter Lights festival in London. Matt Alexander / PA Images Matt Alexander / PA Images / PA Images

#BREXIT: British Prime Minister Theresa May has delivered speech to the House of Commons as part of a last-ditch effort to pass tomorrow’s crucial Brexit vote.

#POLAND: The mayor of the Polish port city of Gdansk has died after a knife-wielding assailant stabbed him in front of hundreds of people at a charity event.

#DIPLOMATIC RIFT: A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug trafficking charges after his previous 15-year prison sentence was deemed too lenient, scaling up a diplomatic row between the two nations.

PARTING SHOT

A plain picture of an egg has become of an egg has become the most-liked post on Instagram, beating the previous record held by Kylie Jenner.

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