Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

06 May 2026, 20:09 by Emma Hickey, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/emma-hickey/ · TheJournal.ie

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

President Catherine Connolly attending the Arbour Hill 1916 Commemoration Ceremony in Dublin. Alamy Stock PhotoAlamy Stock Photo

IRELAND

The planned regeneration of Dublin city’s Oliver Bond flats was scrapped after the Department of Housing withdrew funding for the project.
The HSE is to pause recruitment for some non-frontline roles in three of its six health regions as it grapples with a significant overspend across the health service.
The exchequer went from a €2.8 billion surplus last year to a €4.7 billion deficit this year, according to the end-April figures released by the Department of Finance today.
A judge remanded in custody a Lisdoonvarna retailer pending sentence for the sexual abuse of a primary school boy in the 1980s.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin doubled down on his comments about nuclear energy, after stating earlier this week that the country should “consider seriously” its use.

INTERNATIONAL

Medics escort a patient, second right, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, to an ambulance after being flown to Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands. AP Photo / Peter DejongAP Photo / Peter Dejong / Peter Dejong

#BEIRUT: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military struck Lebanon’s capital Beirut, the first time since a ceasefire came into place on 17 April.

#HANTAVIRUS: A plane believed to be carrying a passenger from a cruise ship struck by the deadly hantavirus landed in the Netherlands this evening after patients were evacuated from the vessel off Cape Verde.

#US: The creator of television news network CNN, Ted Turner, died at the age of 87.

PARTING SHOT

RYANAIR BOSS MICHAEL O’Leary wants to ban early morning pre-flight pints because some passengers have been getting too drunk and causing problems.

It’s become somewhat of a holiday tradition: day or night, stag do or family holiday, Austria or Australia – some people love starting their trip with a cheeky pint (or something stronger).

But is drinking in the morning acceptable if it’s in an airport? Or are pre-flight pints causing more hassle than they’re worth?

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