Here’s What Happened Today: Friday TheJournal.ie [Video]

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

IRELAND

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins greets Fintan McCarthy today at Áras an Uachtaráin David Fitzgerald / SPORTSFILE David Fitzgerald / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE

• The UK Government will not fund the redevelopment of Casement Park in time for the Euros in 2028 due to “a significant risk that it would not be built in time”. 
• Gardaí have appealed to the public to be wary of “fake news” and “misinformation” regarding an incident involving a secondary school in Dublin.
• A teenage boy used his phone to film a young girl who was undressed in a changing kiosk at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, a court heard.
• Parents and guardians of more than 160 autistic children have been told the State has no special needs educational facilities for them weeks after the start of the current school term.
• Tánaiste Micheal Martin said theIrish state failed the family …