WHAT’S THE STORY?

1. AN Air Algerie plane carrying 110 people has gone missing. It lost contact while in Malian airspace but unconfirmed reports are now circulating that it has crashed in Niger.

Air Algerie/Swiftair flight #AH5017 EC-LTV is now confirmed crashed in Niger. Still no info about passengers and crew pic.twitter.com/rq0YwHsXxQ
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) July 24, 2014

Flightradar24 / Twitter

2. THE United Nations Human Rights Council has told Ireland that it should revise its abortion laws to allow for exceptions in the case of rape, incest, serious risks to the health of the mother and fatal foetal abnormality.

UN concerned about the severe mental suffering caused by the denial of abortion services to women seeking abortions due to fatal abnormality
— TFMR Ireland (@TFMRIRE) July 24, 2014

TFMR / Twitter

3. IRELAND abstained from voting on a resolution to launch a probe into Israel’s offensive in Gaza last night. Here’s why.

4. UH-OH. New surveys in Dublin have found no lamb… in lamb kebabs. The delicious (?), after-midnight snacks contained both chicken and beef. Hmm.

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