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

IRELAND

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• “More than one body” was found in Co Meath in the search for ‘Disappeared’ Joe Lynskey.
• An Irish man has died after taking slimming pills he bought online.
• One of the survivors from last week’s balcony collapse in Berkeley has posted a touching message on Facebook.
• Liberty Insurance is slashing 270 jobs across Ireland to deal with UK losses
• The jury in the Cavan childminder shaken baby case cannot come to a decision.
• Catherine Murphy claims there have been secret changes to the water charges bill
• A complaint about RTE’s Prime Time buying abortion pills was rejected as they didn’t break any rules. 
• As many as 70 Sinn Féin members in Cork are resigning from the party
• A chef who was paid just 51c an hour will finally get the wages he was owed.
• Three men have been charged after a 51-year-old was gunned down in Limerick.
• Here’s some happy news if you had tickets for the cancelled Killarney Festival

INTERNATIONAL

#US: Barack Obama lost his cool last night at an event celebrating LGBT Pride Month, telling a heckler “You’re in my house” before having her ejected.

#PARIS: Courtney Love got caught up in an anti-Uber protest earlier today, claiming she was held hostage at the airport.

#AMSTERDAM: Facebook has been ordered to hand over the identity of a man who posted ‘revenge porn’ of his ex-girlfriend.

INNOVATION

• It might not feel like it, but Ireland has the second fastest internet in the world.
• One of the biggest games this year just had a disastrous release on PC.

PARTING SHOT

This mum’s body is inspiring women everywhere…but not why you think.

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