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

IRELAND

• Hundreds gathered in Dublin city centre today to protest after a 17-year-old boy was found guilty of falsely imprisoning then Tánaiste Joan Burton in her car.
• It has cost almost €350,000 to investigate whether a Fianna Fail senator duplicated €2,000 worth of expenses.
• Parents of a nine-year-old boy were awarded €9,000 in compensation after their son’s school refused to take his allergy medication.
• Gardaí have detected hundreds of drivers travelling over the speed limit in a 24-hour operation targeting speeders.
• Graham Norton has said that people bought a “pack of lies” on Brexit, and Britain should have held the referendum again ‘when they got the wrong answer’.
• The government’s new scheme for first-time buyers could help push house prices up by more than 5% next year, it has been revealed.

INTERNATIONAL 

Actress Carey Mulligan leaves a teddy bear outside Downing Street during a protest to highlight the number of children killed in bombings in Syria. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#SYRIA: Actress Carey Mulligan joined protesters outside London’s 10 Downing Street, demanding Britain do more to end the bombing attacks in Syria’s Aleppo.

#CETA: Tensions between Canada and the EU increased after Canada said it was Europe’s “job” to save a trade pact put in doubt by a Belgian region’s refusal to sign up.

#US: The FBI are investigating who is behind a cyber attack that crippled websites such as Twitter, Netflix and Amazon.

INNOVATION

• What exactly is Facebook: media or medium? That question has become even more difficult to answer, after the tech giant apologised for another censorship slip, and also promised to allow more ‘graphic news’.
• Samsung appears to have filed copyright claims against YouTube videos, which portray the recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 as an explosive weapon [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

After Munster’s win today, Anthony Foley’s two sons join the Munster squad on the rugby pitch in a hugely emotional rendition of Stand Up and Fight. Incredible.

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