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

IRELAND

Disability campaigner Martin Naughton who died yesterday. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Twink has been given one more chance to save her home from a bank repossession
• The privacy of residents at a Waterford psychiatric hospital were not respected
• The south of the country was told to brace itself for torrential rain
• Charity agency GOAL shut down its US office and made 10 staff redundant
• An alleged child abduction attempt is being investigated by gardaí
• We were told that we only have seven weeks to avoid school closures
• Gardaí believe a man who died in a Limerick assault passed away due to a punch
• Michael D Higgins led the tributes to a disability campaigner who passed away
• A new report showed us how young men are at the greatest risk of suicide
• Irish women have been given the chance to star in a film with Mel Gibson
• We’ve been warned to be careful around illegal bonfires
• Dave Mahon will appeal the severity of his seven year sentence for killing Dean Fitzpatrick
• A Defence Forces member is in a serious condition after being injured during parachute jump
• Teachers are going to strike for seven days and withdraw essential services

WORLD

Welsh footballer Ched Evans was cleared of rape today.

#CLEARED: Ched Evans was cleared of rape at his re-trial

#FRANCE: Supervised drug injection centres opened in Paris today

#HONDURAS: Amnesty International slam Central American nations over murder rates

#UN: Wonderwoman was named as an honourary ambassador for women’s empowerment

#ESSEX: A dog attack killed a baby boy and left another child fighting for his life

INNOVATION

• Apple’s next keyboard could have some morphing keys {Techradar}
• The newest Samsun Galaxy 8 could launch at the same time as the Galaxy Tab 3

PARTING SHOT

This is something which sounds like it’s straight out of a James Bond movie.

Dogs are now being trained to parachute out of planes to help soldiers during missions.

The dogs are being used to help sniff out poachers in Africa.

There you have it!

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