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

Ireland

Michael Dennany (second right) carries the coffin bearing the remains of his children Mikey (2) and Thelma Dennany (5) into St Mel's Cathedral, Longford PA PA

• The funeral of Mikey and Thelma Dennany, who died in a car fire in Co Westmeath last Friday, took place this morning, with hundreds of mourners hearing how their lives were “tragically cut short in the full bloom and promise of childhood”.
• A senior member of the Kinahan crime gang who has been arrested in Spain is believed to have been involved in laundering €200 million in just over one year, Europol has said. 
• A newborn child is in critical condition in hospital this evening following an incident in Louth earlier this week, with a Garda investigation ongoing.
• Panda Power has confirmed that it plans to leave the Irish energy market, becoming the fourth supplier to do so this year.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that he does not agree with comments made by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar yesterday, saying that several conclusions within a major tax report were “straight out of the Sinn Féin manifesto”.
• Survivors of mother and baby homes and other institutions have called for the Government’s redress scheme to be extended to include all people who spent time in the system.
• Dublin City Council’s planning enforcement department is carrying out investigations into the controversial LED sign which was recently installed in Rathmines.
• Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson has called for urgent reform of An Bord Pleanála, saying that the planning authority is in “deep, deep crisis” due to revelations around alleged conflicts of interest.

International

Ukrainian Emergency Services workers repair the structure after strikes damaged the dam and a nearby pumping station AP AP

#EUROPEAN UNION Hungary reacted furiously to a vote in the European Parliament today that declared that the country was no longer a “full democracy” and that the European Union needed to act.

#UKRAINE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that his war-scarred country wants to join the European single market ahead of a decision on whether to grant Kyiv full EU membership.

#UNIONISM Former Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster has said she believes there has been “far too much” discussion about the meeting between King Charles and members on Sinn Féin.

#SWEDEN The Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson has handed in her resignation after a right-wing bloc that includes a nationalist, anti-immigration party won a narrow majority in the country’s parliament.

Parting Shot

This week on The Explainer, host Michelle Hennessy speaks to Enda Brady, a media consultant and former Sky News reporter, about the challenges that face the UK’s new monarch, King Charles III.

In recent years, his own son had left his royal duties in large part due to the treatment of his American wife, Meghan Markle. His brother, Prince Andrew, was at the centre of a huge amount of controversy.

Then there were the wider issues of the challenges facing the UK – from racism to climate change, to the battle over the Northern Protocol.

You can listen to the episode on your usual podcast apps or tune in below.

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