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

IRELAND

A dejected Katie Taylor after losing her Olympic quarter final today. INPHO / Dan Sheridan INPHO / Dan Sheridan / Dan Sheridan

• Katie Taylor‘s dream of back-to-back Olympic medals came to an end in Rio
• The arrest of a second Irishman was ordered in an inquiry into alleged Olympic ticket touting
• Two chemical attacks were reported against dogs in Cork
• Two Irishmen were confirmed as having been arrested near Sydney
• A Westmeath man’s family appealed for help finding him
• A judge ordered squatters out of a disused prison in Dublin
• Mick Wallace and Clare Daly launched a website for leaking information on NAMA

INTERNATIONAL

Former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson, who died after being tasered by Police near Telford early this morning. EMPICS Sport EMPICS Sport

#ASTON VILLA: Former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson, the first winner of the Premier League Goal of the Season award, died after being shot with a taser by police in Telford.

#FRANCE: 40 people were injured after a noise that sounded like gunfire sparked panic at a French Riviera resort.

#MEXICO: A group of armed men have abducted a number of tourists at a resort in western Mexico.

#SOUTH AFRICA: A woman was today jailed for 10 years for kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her as her own.

INNOVATION

• Microsoft is betting on eSports being big business
• Parents just don’t understand (making a living off YouTube)

PARTING SHOT

Turning an old ship in the River Liffey is no piece of cake, as this stunning drone video of the Amerigo Vespucci shows.

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