NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Sisters Aoibhin, right, and Ciara Ryan from Rathdowney, Co Laois, at the National Ploughing Campionships. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• An Irish man was shot dead at a holiday resort on Spain’s Costa Del Sol.
• ASTI, the country’s largest second-level teaching union, voted to reject the latest Junior Cert reform proposals.
• Tributes were paid to former Central Criminal Court judge Paul Carney, who died today at 72.
• A 19-year-old man was seriously injured after falling from an apartment balcony in Galway.
• Developer Johnny Ronan was criticised for using the Nazi slogan “Arbeit macht frei” in his published submission to the banking inquiry.
• The public accounts committee heard that some staff at the Limerick Institute of Technology are earning salaries of up to €72,000, though they have no work to do.
• Tánaiste Joan Burton clashed with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams after he called for an inquiry into Nama’s sale of its Northern Ireland property portfolio.
• The Department of Justice said it will listen to farmers who want legislation to be introduced that would protect their assets in the event of a marriage breakdown.
• A truck fire on the M1 caused major traffic disruption for Dublin-bound commuters.
• Dublin Bus said it was investigating an incident in which a three-year-old child was allegedly jabbed with a “filthy” drug needle.

WORLD

Muslim boys offer prayers outside Sultan Mehmet Fatih grand mosque, marking the Eid al-Adha holiday in Pristina, Kosovo. Visar Kryeziu / AP/Press Association Images Visar Kryeziu / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#MECCA: At least 717 people were killed in a stampede during the annual Muslim pilgrimage.

#PAPAL VISIT: Pope Francis called for the death penalty to be abolished in his address to US Congress.

#VOLKSWAGEN: Thousands of people are to sue Volkswagen after it admitted rigging diesel emissions software to pass US tests.

#EVIL EMPIRE: North Korea said that America is to blame for the current migration crisis.

INNOVATION

• A Co Laois village is set to become the first area to benefit from a rural high-speed broadband programme.
• Cutting-edge Irish research is aiming to help people control objects with their minds.
• You can now create a special e-book based on your favourite Wikipedia articles.

PARTING SHOT

Over 2 million Muslims are in Mecca this week for the annual hajj pilgrimage, but who decides who gets to go? It depends where you live. (Foreign Policy)

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