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

IRELAND

Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins at Dublin Castle for the Inauguration of President. Sam Boal via Rollingnews Sam Boal via Rollingnews

• Michael D Higgins has been sworn in for a second term as President of Ireland in a ceremony this evening at Dublin Castle.
• Gardaí in Co Louth have evacuated the Dublin Road area of Drogheda after a suspicious device was found near a parked car. 
• Commemorations marking the end of World War I have taken place across Ireland and around the world. 
• Strikes by archaeologists at building sites across the country are to continue as the Unite trade union pushes for an improvement in pay.
• Concern has been raised that staff shortages at An Bord Pleanála are causing ”serious blockages in planning”. 
• A man in his 50s has died after he was hit by a car while out walking in Galway yesterday evening.
• The office of the Ombudsman has received 84 formal complaints from residents living Direct Provision so far this year. 

WORLD

A beach drawing of war poet Wilfred Owen during the Pages of the Sea commemorative event at Folkestone. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#WARSAW: Poland’s independence day march was overshadowed by far-right demonstrations.

#WILDFIRES: The death toll in California has risen to 25 as high winds and tinder-dry conditions hamper rescue efforts. 

#AUSTRALIA: A woman has been arrested after a “complex” investigation into a strawberry scare where needles were found stuck into the fruit in a crisis that sparked nationwide panic.

PARTING SHOT

Archaeologists have discovered seven Pharaonic Age tombs in Egypt containing dozens of cat mummies along with wooden statues depicting other animals and birds.

Check out some of the feline finds here.

An archaeologists works on a statue inside a tomb, at an ancient necropolis near Egypt's famed pyramids in Saqqara. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

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