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

IRELAND

Sr Stanislaus Kennedy (second from right) with members of the High Hopes Choir at an event in Dublin marking the 30th anniversary of homelessness charity Focus Ireland. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• An inquest into the deaths of Patrick and Thomas O’Driscoll heard they had been stabbed by their brother more than 40 times each.
• The children of Jason Corbett have been placed under the guardianship of his sister Tracey and her husband David Lynch.
• 98FM sports broadcaster Johnny Lyons died “suddenly and peacefully“.
• The family of Wexford woman Fiona Sinnott say a Facebook message led to a renewed effort to find her.
• The search for Ciara Breen, the teenager who went missing in 1997, resumed this morning.
• Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter said a story about him claiming back €12 in expenses for passport photos is “totally false“.
• TD Pat Breen, head of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee, visited Ibrahim Halawa in an Egyptian prison.
• A gay scout leader dropped out of the race for a top role in the organisation after receiving an e-mail full of “insinuations and threats“.
• In weather-related news, a lot of rain is on the way.

INTERNATIONAL

Artful, Britain's latest nuclear-powered submarine, has arrived at its new home on the Clyde in Scotland. The 7,400-tonne attack submarine was received during a ceremony at the Faslane naval base near Helensburgh. PA PA

#THAILAND: Police have released further information about the man they believe planted a bomb in Bangkok that killed 20 people.

#UK: A teenager who sparked a manhunt in Ireland has been jailed for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

#SOUTH AFRICA: Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius will not be released from prison on Friday as expected.

#US: Chelsea Manning’s chances of parole could be hurt after she was found in possession of contraband.

#SCOTLAND: A horse was put down after being stabbed and ‘sexually violated‘.

INNOVATION

• Ever wished you could unlock your computer using just your phone? Now you can.
• Here’s Samsung’s answer to the Apple Watch [TechCrunch.com]

PARTING SHOT

Slate has looked into a different way the west could undermine the so-called Islamic State – trolling.

Originally published: 21.00

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