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

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IRISH

• There was huge praise for broadcaster Ursula Halligan‘s coming-out opinion piece.
• Daniel O’Donnell revealed he’ll be voting yes in the same-sex marriage referendum.
• A 14-year-old girl was taken into care after her second pregnancy.
• A paedophile principal had his sentence for assaulting 11 pupils reduced to two years.
• A man confessed to the murder of a homeless man in the Phoenix Park.
• Fianna Fáil candidate Bobby Aylward said he never got a letter over expense claims – but he got three.
• Alan Dukes said remarks by a Department of Finance official on IBRC management were “misleading”.
• A violent sex offender in Co Down was sentenced over horrific abuse of young girls.
• Gardaí renewed their appeal for baby Maria‘s mother to come forward.

WORLD

#BOSTON: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to die by lethal injection.

#AWKWARD: Bill Cosby was asked about sexual assault claims in an interview and started rambling.

#WRONG DIRECTION: The new Greek government is pushing ahead with privatising ports and airports.

#PHILADELPHIA: It has emerged the train involved in a deadly crash deliberately sped up before it crashed.

#RIP: ‘King of Blues’, BB King, died aged 89.

#HAPPY BIRTHDAY: McDonald’s is 75 years old today.

INNOVATION

• Thousands of World of Warcraft accounts have been shut down. [BBC]
• Google‘s self-driving cars got a green light for city streets. [Buzzfeed]

PARTING SHOT

Today, we said goodbye to blues legend BB King, who passed away. The New York Times’ Jon Parles has reflected back on King’s career, what propelled him to fame and, of course, the story behind him naming all of his guitars ‘Lucille’

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