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

Egyptians living in Japan demonstrating at the Egypt embassy in Tokyo today. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

IRELAND

• Four Irish siblings are being detained at a prison in Cairo.
• Thousands of people have taken part in a marriage equality march in Dublin.
• Support for abolition of the Seanad has dropped to 37 per cent.
• 63 people were arrested at the Eminem Slane concert.
• Some symphysiotomy survivors have rejected James Reilly’s proposed mediation process.
• Students say they’ll fight any plan from Ruairí Quinn to cut the maintenance grant.
• The plastic bag levy has raised more than €200 million.
• Martin McGuinness has criticised unionists over recent violence in Belfast.
• Clare booked their place in the All Ireland Senior Hurling final after a comprehensive win over Limerick.

INTERNATIONAL

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

#EGYPT: The head of the Egyptian army has warned the military will not be silent in the face of violence. [BBC]

#NORTH KOREA: North Korea has agreed to reunions for families separated since the 1950s.

#BRIBERY: US authorities have open a bribery investigation into JP Morgan Chase [New York Times]

INNOVATION

• Global web traffic plunged by 40 per cent when Google went down for 5 minutes. [CNET]
• Researchers are experimenting with being able to print living tissue. [New York Times]

PARTING SHOT

All the business gurus say to “lean in” and work harder – but research suggests it could actually be better for people to do less and think more. [The Economist]

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