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

IRELAND

Garda Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan leaving Leinster House this afternoon after speaking at the Public Accounts Committee. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was before the Public Accounts Committee again. After several rounds of questioning, she said an internal review of the Jobstown protest investigation will not cover the court process.
• The mother of a three-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in his home has been charged with his murder.
• Disability advocates staged a protest outside Dáil Éireann this evening demanding that the Government ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
• The husband of missing woman Tina Satchwell said that he’ll take a lie detector test to prove he had nothing to do with the disappearance of his wife.
• A jury failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of raping his wife on Christmas Day in 2003.
• Revenue seized over €3.5 million worth of cigarettes by using their state-of-the-art x-ray scanner.
• A man was charged in relation to a shooting which happened in Limerick on Tuesday afternoon.
• A garda sergeant told the Charleton Tribunal he never experienced any malevolence or malice towards garda whistle-blower Sergeant Maurice McCabe.
• It was announced that Ireland will give €200,000 to support Palestinians in the West Bank.

INTERNATIONAL

A severely wounded Iraqi Army soldier is given emergency medical care at a trauma site in Mosul, Iraq. Carol Guzy / PA Carol Guzy / PA / PA

#TRAVEL BAN: A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition are now allowed to come.

#CHINA: Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died after a battle with cancer today. The democracy advocate passed away whilst in custody.

#SPAIN: The remains of Salvador Dali will be exhumed after a woman who claims to be his daughter filed a paternity suit.

PARTING SHOT

We’ve all been caught on the hop before – be it in work, your schooldays or pretending to listen to your significant other.

But imagine a world-renowned brand using your cock-up to sell the message that you should pay more attention.

Enter Aengus Mac Grianna stage right. Remember that viral video of Mac Grianna when he didn’t cop he was on air?

Well, eBay is using it in their new ad.

You can catch all the reaction on the DailyEdge.ie or enjoy the video in all its glory below.

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