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

More than 15,000 runners took to the streets of Dublin this weekend for the 5th annual Affidea Rock ‘n’ Roll Dublin Half Marathon. Crispin Rodwell Crispin Rodwell

• A motorcyclist died after being involved in a crash with a car in Westmeath.
• Dublin business owners have said the Luss works are causing serious traffic disruption on Moore Street.
• Fianna Fáil criticised the government over an increase in the waiting times for children on outpatient lists.
• Foreign workers have been turning down Irish jobs due to “horror stories” over the rental market here.
• A vaccine compensation scheme for children that suffer ill-effects from vaccines is being considered by Government.
• Irish Olympic hero Rob Heffernan announced his retirement from competing.
• A search operation is underway for a diver exploring wrecks off the coast of Donegal.
• Six migrants are reported to be doing well after they were found in the back of a refrigeration truck yesterday.
• The Government has said that it has no plans to change Ireland’s restricted dog-breed list.
• Two Kinahan gunmen arrested on Monday will face court tomorrow.

WORLD

Protesters listen during a Peace and Sanity rally as speakers address white supremacy violence in Charlottesville. AP Photo / Bebeto Matthews AP Photo / Bebeto Matthews / Bebeto Matthews

#UNITED STATES: The mayor of Charlottesville in the US said that the killing of a woman and the injury of others during a white nationalist march yesterday was “a terrorist attack”.

#LIBYA: Two humanitarian groups said that they had suspended migrant rescues in the Mediterranean Sea due to Libyan threats.

#SYRIA: The UN commission probing Syria rights abuses said it had gathered enough evidence to convict President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes.

PARTING SHOT

If, like many of us, you’ve spent countless late nights wracking your brains over just what exactly went wrong with The Simpsons to take us from the pinnacle of television it was at the beginning to the less-than-average show it is now, this Irish YouTuber has some great analysis.

Introducing: The Fall of The Simpsons

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