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

POPE FRANCIS

A mural to Pope Francis on Dublin's Grafton Street today. Mairead Maguire / The Journal Mairead Maguire / The Journal / The Journal

• The Catholic Church and its members continued to mourn Pope Francis after his death at the age of 88 – you can follow our live blog on today here.
• The Vatican published photos of Pope Francis in his open coffin as the Argentine’s funeral was confirmed for Saturday.
• Our analysis continued with former Irish Catholic editor Michael Kelly looking at how the power base of the Church has shifted – and why we won’t see an Irish pontiff emerge any time soon.
• However, there is a Drimnagh-born cardinal temporarily in charge of the Vatican following the death of Pope Francis.
• And former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar paid tribute to Francis, commending his outreach to the LGBTQ+ community.

Other news

Honour guard soldiers march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 80 years after the victory over Germany in World War II, in St Petersburg, Russia. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed its forecast for global growth this year, citing the effect of US President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies on the world economy.
• A four-year-old boy died after being struck by a car in Co Westmeath.
• At least 26 tourists were killed by gunmen at a tourist resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
• Sharon Osbourne demanded that Kneecap lose US work visas after the Belfast group’s ‘F*ck Israel’ display at Coachella.
• Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated at RTÉ and Newstalk’s offices as part of a day of action.
• Marks & Spencer emailed customers in Ireland to apologise after the company was hit by a “cyber incident” over the bank holiday weekend.
• Eighth men were arrested after gardaí had to deploy a stinger device to bring cars which were driving dangerously to a halt. 

PARTING SHOT

Arklow Bank Phase 1 wind farm off the coast of Wicklow. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Ireland’s plans to develop its offshore wind industry have hit a tipping point.

Some in the industry have claimed that it means Ireland holds the potential to become the ‘Saudi Arabia of offshore wind’.

But this vision received a major blow last week with the scrapping of the planned Sceirde Rocks development, which would have seen up to 30 turbines built off the coast of Galway.

Paul O’Donoghue looks at what it means for those ambitions.