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

IRELAND

Eoghan Culligan, Eimear Walsh, Nick Schuster (top row), Olivia Burke, Lorcán Miller and Ashley Donohoe

• Tributes are pouring in for the six Irish students killed in a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California. The investigation into what caused the balcony to collapse is expected to take a number of days.
• Meanwhile, J1 visa holders who have been directly affected by the balcony collapse have been told they are entitled to a free flight home.
• ‘Almost all’ of the RTÉ story Denis O’Brien tried to block is now out. Here it is…
• Gardaí are appealing for the public’s help in tracing 23-year-old Danielle Gorman missing from Carlow.
• Ryanair passengers won’t be able to check-in online or make new bookings for a 10 hour period from Friday evening.
• A man was sentenced to three months in jail for a “pretty revolting” act in a Dublin garda station cell.
• A person has been taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a Dublin apartment block this afternoon.
• Ireland striker Stephanie Roche has found a new club in England’s top flight.
• Nearly 7,000 bikes were stolen in Ireland last year.

INTERNATIONAL

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#NYC: The New York Times says it never intended to blame the victims of the Berkeley tragedy in an article published earlier today.

#CANADA: A teenager was shot dead after using an app to track his lost iPhone.

#BERMUDA: The EU has started naming and shaming the world’s worst tax havens

#LONDON: A woman who was 32 weeks pregnant lost her baby after being kicked and stamped in the stomach in a ‘vile attack’.

INNOVATION

• Ever wonder how much time you actually spend using apps? Here’s how you find out
• Do you own a Samsung device? It may have a major security flaw.

PARTING SHOT 

Tesco and Lidl threw some mortifying shade at each other on Twitter, did you see it?

[DailyEdge]

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