Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Name calling, new hotels and apartments, CERN membership and the German elections made headlines today.

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

IRELAND

Aircoach announced today that it will be scaling back services in Dublin and Wicklow. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

Two men pleaded guilty in the trial over country’s largest cocaine seizure
Defence Minister Simon Harris said ‘we’re not at the point‘ of speculating if Irish peacekeepers will be needed in Ukraine
A man was remanded in custody, charged with the fatal stabbing of Quham Babatunde in Dublin city last week
The Dáil got heated over housing today, with accusations of name calling and codswallop
Aircoach announced it is scaling back services in Dublin and Wicklow
The ex-deputy State pathologist was found guilty of misconduct in post mortems
Late-night opening laws for nightclubs have been put on the long finger
A new hotel in Dublin city centre was approved by An Bord Pleanála
The State will “robustly” oppose any cost claims from BAM for the Children’s Hospital
The Taoiseach reiterated his rejection of the accusation that he called Mary Lou McDonald a liar in Irish, when he said she was “ag inist bréaga arís” in the Dáil
Data centres will be required to have generators that match the level of demand they put on the grid under new proposals

INTERNATIONAL

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#GERMANY: Our reporter Eoghan Dalton is in Germany ahead of the elections, today asking if Elon Musk, the World’s richest man, has had any real impact on polling projections?

#VATICAN CITY: The Pope cancelled all of his weekend events as he undergoes treatment for bilateral pneumonia

#UKRAINE: US’ Defence Minister said the EU will, eventually, get their seat at the negotiation table aiming to settle Russia’s war in Ukraine

#SCIENCE!: Ireland is to become a full member of CERN, the major global physics research centre, tomorrow our reporter, Andrew Walsh, reports

PARTING SHOT

387Boland Mills Quarter_90722217 Boland Mills apartments in Dublin city centre. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

A batch of apartments earmarked for key workers in Dublin is opening applications for tenancies tomorrow, with rents starting at €1,710 for a two-bed apartment.

Key workers like teachers, nurses and gardaí will be able to apply for one of the 46 apartments included in the scheme at Boland’s Mills in the Docklands.

However, they’ll need to have a connection to the local area to be eligible to apply.

Read the full story, by Lauren Boland, here.