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

IRELAND

US vice president Joe Biden signing the guest book at Government Buildings this evening US Embassy / Twitter US Embassy / Twitter / Twitter

• US vice president Joe Biden has landed in Dublin.
• A man accused of raping his wife says someone used ‘black magic’ on their relationship.
• A victim has spoken of feeling powerless in the face of a revenge porn attack by an ex-boyfriend.
• Dublin City Council is set to ban backing tracks for buskers.
• Here’s what Irish people make of the UK Brexit referendum.
• A married Dublin couple have scooped their ninth Lottery win.
• The winners of the ‘best kept’ towns in Ireland were announced.
  
• Factcheck: Has the introduction of Eircodes really saved lives?
• Irish TV and music stars have joined together to support a ban on hare coursing.
• Gardaí have appealed to Irish fans in France to stay safe after 11 of them were reported missing.
• Thoughts and prayers have been offered for the welfare of hotel manager Tom Moran who has been badly injured in Spain.
• Most of Ireland’s waste companies have agreed to freeze bin charges for a year.
• A drone was used to bring abortion pills across the border to Northern Ireland.
• This is what is to be expected over the course of a night working as one of Dublin’s paramedics.

WORLD

Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#FIAT CHRYSLER: The SUV that rolled and killed actor Anton Yelchin was set to be recalled.

#US: Four proposals to bring in tighter gun controls in the US have been rejected.

#TRUMP: A British man tried to steal a police officer’s gun in order to kill the presumptive Republican nominee for the US presidency.

#CONGO: Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba has been jailed for a series of brutal rapes and murders.

INNOVATION

• Here’s how your iPhone will change when iOS 10 comes out. [Business Insider]
• Twitter has a new app to help celebrities chat with fans. [Engadget]

PARTING SHOT

Donald Trump is set to visit his Scottish golf course later this week. And he’s none too popular with the locals for many reasons.

So some enterprising souls have erected a Mexican flag next to one of the bunkers on his course. Burn.

Sue Edwards / Facebook Sue Edwards / Facebook / Facebook

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