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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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

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IRELAND

  • Paul Givan was told he will have to resign as First Minister when a new DUP leader is appointed. 
  • Health officials confirmed 393 new cases of Covid-19 and outlined timelines for the next age cohorts to get their jabs.
  • Canada was removed from Ireland’s list of designated countries for mandatory hotel quarantine.
  • Leo Varadkar said a new location for the National Maternity Hospital may need to be found.
  • The Tánaiste also set a target of 70% home-ownership by the end of this decade.
  • A man was taken to hospital after an assault in Dublin‘s city centre.
  • The search operation for a missing Dublin man in the US is to be scaled back.
  • Memorial plaques honouring Garda Colm Horkan were unveiled in Roscommon.
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WORLD

#IRAN: Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was elected president.

#FRANCE: Several people were injured as police broke up a 1,500-strong illegal rave.

#RUSSIA: Moscow’s hospitals are flooded with Covid-19 patients, with the Delta variant now representing almost 90% of new cases. 

#UNITED STATES: Catholic bishops agreed to draft a statement on the meaning of holy communion which could potentially be used to deny the sacred rite to President Joe Biden. 

#LONDON: Large stadiums were transformed into giant Covid jab clinics to vaccinated thousands of people today.

PARTING SHOT

A new species of the ancient giant rhino, which was among the largest mammals to walk on land, has been discovered in north-western China, BBC reports

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    Mar 31st 2018, 8:54 AM

    Some Munster fans are caught up in this and may miss the match later.

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    Mar 31st 2018, 9:19 AM

    @Tony Stack: I was caught in it, was some joke, Queuing up since 5 for the 7:30 flight to shannon, bus went on fire right outside the door, they decided to evacuated people already gone through and rescan them again causing a backlog, told at around 8 the flight was cancelled, no organisation or anything if anything else happens we were all screwed, Toulon fans flights cancelled too, no home for me now either this Easter.

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    Mar 31st 2018, 9:50 AM

    @Paul Friday Shannon: I was on a plane waiting to taxi out. After about two hours the airport made the crew kick us out as we needed to go through security before we could take off. So that put us just outside arrivals with the line going from there to the departures. Ten people wide and a few hundred meters long.

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