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

IRELAND

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• Having been formally identified, the bodies of the three Irish victims of last Friday’s terrorist attack in Tunisia can finally return home.
• All three of Dublin’s maternity hospitals are due to be re-located.
• A man is due in court after an enormous cannabis farm was discovered in Bruff, Co Limerick.
• A UK bank has been given 28 days to prove they are ‘genuinely interested’ in reaching resolution with an Irish family they were trying to evict.
• Boiled water notices were finally lifted enabling over 11,000 people in Roscommon to drink their tap water once more.
• A driver was caught on the M50 holding a bed on his roof in place with his hands.
• Gardaí have appealed for help in tracing a 14-year-old boy who has been missing since Monday.
• Burglary, sexual offences and murder-threats are all on the rise in Ireland.
• Sinn Féin insists it doesn’t have a bullying problem.
• A man who raped and abused his daughter 30 years ago pled guilty to his crimes in court.

INTERNATIONAL

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#GREECE: After Alexis Tsipras asked for a third bailout for his country, thousands of people rallied at demonstrations in Athens this evening. Earlier, finance minister Yanis Varoufakis confirmed the Greek government will miss this evening’s deadline for its latest, €1.6 billion, debt repayment.

#AUSTRALIA: An American tourist who had been missing for five years has turned up safe and well in northern Australia.

#ENGLAND: The deaths of a mother and her daughter in Surrey are being linked to the death of the daughter’s father in France yesterday.

INNOVATION

• Apple Music launched today – here’s everything you need to know.
• Norway’s capital city Oslo is building a highway for bees. As you do. (Geek.com)

PARTING SHOT

Two men named Ron and Jeff have been sending each other the same birthday card for the past 43 years. Bless. (Daily Edge)

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