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

IRELAND

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• Consultants warned of stark impacts on patients due to “avoidable delays” experienced in the healthcare system in recent weeks.  
• Trooper Shane Kearney is no longer in a critical condition, the Defence Forces announced, and is continuing to recover in Beaumont Hospital following the attack on UN Peacekeepers by Hezbollah in Lebanon last month.
• Walk-in flu vaccine clinics for children are operating this week in 10 counties following rising levels of flu among young people. 
• Community organisations and schools in Ballymun are planning events to allow locals to meet asylum seekers living in the area to push back against far-right fearmongering.
• Guinness owner Diageo plans to increase the price of its beers from next month due to inflation.
• A Greek court will decide later this week whether to dismiss a case against an Irish man and 23 other people who were charged with crimes including people smuggling and espionage in the Mediterranean five years ago.
• The Taoiseach and Minister for Housing indicated that housing targets for new homes will likely be revised upwards.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited the Taoiseach to visit Ukraine on a phone call between the two leaders earlier today.

THE WORLD

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#BRAZIL Thousands protested in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to demand “no amnesty” for supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro who stormed key buildings on Sunday.

#HOLLYWOOD The Golden Globes return tonight after being rocked by recent scandals, with the Banshees of Inisherin bringing several nominations.

#UK Prince Harry’s autobiography Spare went on sale, receiving a largely positive response from critics.  

PARTING SHOT

The BT Young Scientist exhibition is back in the RDS this week for the first time since before the pandemic struck – our reporter Carl Kinsella took a trip to Ballsbridge and down memory lane here.

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