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

IRELAND

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

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