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

IRELAND

Sally Devereux-O’Connor enjoying peek a boo during Story, Rhythm and Rhyme with Deirdre Ryan during Cork World Book Fest at Cork City Library Clare Keogh Clare Keogh

• Gardaí appealed for information after a man was shot in Drogheda this afternoon.
• Superquinn founder Feargal Quinn died at the age of 82. 
• Residents living in Mosney Direct Provision centre in Co Meath have held a protest today over the treatment of fellow residents by staff and management at the centre.
• A 15-year-old girl pimped by girlfriend for drugs and money to be placed in a facility for troubled teens.
• It emerged that the national prize bond fund has reached record levels of over €3.4 billion.
• It emerged how measles cases in Ireland have increased by over 200%.
• A number of shots were fired at a house in Cushlawn Park in Tallaght overnight.
• The leaders of Northern Ireland’s two largest political parties faced questions about the continued closure of the Northern Assembly following Lyra McKee’s funeral yesterday.
•  The latest report from the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo) revealed that Labour TD Alan Kelly declared the highest amount of money in political donations last year.

WORLD 

Kim Jong Un and Putin shake hands during a meeting at the Far Eastern Federal University. Alexei Nikolsky Alexei Nikolsky

#SRI LANKA: The death toll from the Easter bombings has been revised down by over 100. 

#FRANCE: Emmanuel Macron vowed to press ahead with his government’s programme and added that public order must be restored after months of protests.

#USA: Joe Biden announced he is running for US president in 2020.

PARTING SHOT

Today is world penguin day – so here’s a video of some of the gas lads having the craic. Click here if the video doesn’t work.

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