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

IRELAND

The Dáil has passed legislation to allow pubs to serve alcohol on Good Friday. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• The Dáil passed legislation allowing alcohol to be sold on Good Friday.
• A teenager accused of stabbing a woman he met on a dating app has been refused bail for a fourth time.
• It emerged that 34 people have died so far from flu this season.
• Dublin Bus announced it was changing 17 bus routes to try ease congestion around College Green.
• Leo Varadkar’s approval rating is now higher than any taoiseach since Bertie Ahern.
• Over €80k worth of psychedelic drugs were seized in Cork.
• It emerged how taxi drivers who feel unsafe carrying suspicious fare are now able to covertly tip-off gardaí if they fear they are about to be robbed.

WORLD 

David Turpin and his wife Louise Turpin appear in court California accused of abusing their 13 children. Gina Ferazzi Gina Ferazzi

#INDIA: Riot police were deployed outside dozens of Indian cinemas ahead of the screening of a controversial film.

#SWITZERLAND: It turned out that a mummified corpse uncovered in the city of Basel is directly related to current UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

#CHINA: Ethical questions have been raised after monkeys were cloned in China.

PARTING SHOT

Walking around Temple Bar on Good Friday telling tourists you can’t buy a pint was a popular pastime for many an Irish person – journalists included.

Sadly, no more.

From this year on, you will now be able to buy a pint down your local without worrying about the gardaí knocking on the door outside.

At least you can watch the fun we had in years gone by.

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