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

IRELAND

Members of the South Africa Gael GAA side at the GAA World Games, which take place in UCD this week. Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography / Fennell Photography

• A man died following a crash in Cork
• Egypt told Ireland to stop interfering in the Ibrahim Halawa case
• Boxer Michael O’Reilly admitted he took a supplement which may have contained a banned substance
• The High Court ordered the deportation of a South African man while his two Irish-born children stay here
• GSOC appealed for witnesses to a brawl in Temple Bar which included gardaí
• The Health Minister pledged to tackle hospital waiting lists
• Padraig Duggan, a founding member of Clannad, died

INTERNATIONAL

The Transocean Winner drilling rig after it ran aground on the beach of Dalmore in the Carloway area of the Isle of Lewis yesterday. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#STRONGMEN: The leaders of Turkey and Russia kissed and made up. (Well, they men and hugged).

#ON THE GROUND: British special forces were pictured on the ground in Syria.

#IRAN: Donald Trump said that an Iranian scientist executed over the weekend was killed because of Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails.

INNOVATION

• Facebook doesn’t want you using an ad-blocker. 
• Cat people and dog people are very, very different.

PARTING SHOT

What’s it like being an Olympian? All-consuming, Derval O’Rourke told us this week.

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