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

Storm Dave couldn't dampen the glamour as crowds turned out in force at the first day of the Fairyhouse Easter Festival for the Bellinter House & Spa Most Stylish Person Competition. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• A Status Orange wind warning has been issued for Wexford, while the rest of the country is under a Status Yellow warning as Storm Dave hits Ireland and the UK.
• A man in his 30s involved in a single-vehicle collision last week has died.
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to the Taoiseach and the Ceann Comhairle seeking the recall of the Dáil next week to address the fuel crisis.
• Gardaí detected over 1,400 drivers speeding in the first 48 hours of its Bank Holiday roads policing operation. 
• Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion has said that there is not enough being done by the government to make amends for the trauma caused by institutional abuse in Ireland. 
• Kevin Doherty described the medical situation regarding Shane Farrell as ‘scary’ during last night’s 0-0 draw with Bohemians.
• Munster crash out of Challenge Cup after Exeter’s first-half blitz.
• Hundreds of thousands of euro has been been bet on the outcome of Irish elections, as experts warn that a new wave of betting websites are ‘the wild west’

INTERNATIONAL

The wrecks of ambulances are taken away as two men have been arrested by counterterrorism detectives investigating an arson attack on volunteer-led ambulances run by the Jewish community in London. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#IRAN: US president Donald Trump has said Iran has 48 hours left to make a deal on opening the vital Strait of Hormuz or face “Hell”.

#ARTEMIS: Artemis 2 astronauts heading to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years are currently more than 160,930 kilometres from Earth and in “good spirits”, according to Nasa officials.

#EASTER: Pope Leo carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station.

#UKRAINE: A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 19, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks.

#LONDON: Two young men and a boy have been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of torching four Jewish community ambulances in north-west London.

PARTING SHOT

Lambs with a bounce in their step in Co Kildare, totally unaware that Storm Dave is on the way. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

Some recently born Spring lambs were spotted today enjoying playing outside in Co Kildare.

Lambing season in Ireland continues until the end of April, a time when thousands of lambs are born.