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

IRELAND

• Gardaí are investigating after two people died in separate drowning incidents in Galway this afternoon.
• The schoolbag of Philip Cairns will be examined for DNA evidence as new lines of inquiry are being investigated in the case of the 13-year-old who went missing in Dublin nearly 30 years ago.
• A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Gareth Hutch last month.
• New parents could receive up to four weeks’ extra parental leave next year.
• A student, who claimed she was called a liar by a cashier after she was given wrong change, has lost a €75,000 damages claim for defamation.
• The army bomb disposal team were called upon after a suspicious device was discovered in Waterford this afternoon.
• A developer that illegally demolished a 19th century convent a decade ago is caught up in a planning dispute over a proposal to build more than 140 apartments.

INTERNATIONAL

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#FRANCE: Fresh clashes erupted between football fans in Marseille ahead of a Euro 2016 match between England and Russia today.

#QATAR: A 22-year-old Dutch woman is being held in Qatar on suspicion of adultery after she said she was raped while on holiday.

#OUT: A new poll in the UK shows 55% of people are now in favour of Britain leaving the EU.

INNOVATION 

• These two apps could really help you in a medical emergency.
• Pumping carbon dioxide into volcanic rock turns it to stone. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT 

It’s Saturday night so we’re going to leave you with this video of a dog adorably tip toeing past a sleeping cat. Actual proper tip toeing. [DailyEdge.ie]

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