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

IRELAND

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• A man in his 60s who was found in Mount Merrion, Dublin yesterday morning has died.
• After two years in prison, Ibrahim Halawa’s trial has been postponed for the eighth time.
• A woman was allegedly assaulted in a park in South Dublin in the early hours of this morning.
• A woman died in an early morning house fire in Belfast.
• Dublin Fire Brigade battled what it described as two “substantial” fires last night, while two men were rescued from a burning mobile home in Cork this morning.
• The latest poll is out – and it’s bad news for Enda
• Homelessness has increased since the action plan after Jonathan Corrie’s death.
• A wind warning is in place for nine counties this bank holiday Monday.

INTERNATIONAL

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#RIP: Tributes are pouring in following the death of TV star Cilla Black.

#EUROTUNNEL: French riot police have sprayed migrants with a chemical irritant as they tried to storm the Channel Tunnel.

#SEARCH: Investigators probing the missing MH370 flight collected more debris on an Indian Ocean island today.

INNOVATION

• Ikea has created the kitchen of 2025 — and there’s no cooker or fridge. [TheJournal.ie]
• These are the Windows 10 features you should know about. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Following the death of Cilla Black, aged 72. We’re taking a look down memory lane and remembering Blind Date.

Here are nine things that always seemed to happen while watching the dating show. [DailyEdge]

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