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

Gardai at the scene on Sarto Park in Naas County Kildare, where a man lost his life after an assault last night. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• A 58-year-old man was killed in an assault in Kildare overnight. 
• Simon Coveney said comments about criminal activity by Provisional IRA members is of real concern to the Irish government.
• The wife and father-in-law of Jason Corbett are likely to plead not guilty if charged with his murder or manslaughter.
• Two teenagers were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Jason Doogue in Athy.
• In Sydney a man appeared in court over a one-punch attack that left an Irishman with serious head injuries.
• Two men were killed in separate road collisions in Cork and Donegal.
• Police in Tyrone issued a warning after 16 lambs with ‘poisonous meat’ were stolen.
• A teenage girl was injured after falling from the roof of a nightclub in Cork.
• A man appeared in court over an incident in which a car was driven at a garda station and then set on fire.
• Met Éireann issued a warning for flooding and gale force winds.

WORLD

Flowers laid on the Shoreham Tollbridge that crosses the River Adur near the site where eleven people died. Daniel Leal-Olivas Daniel Leal-Olivas

#WEST SUSSEX: The death toll in the plane tragedy rose to 11 as the pilot fights for his life in hospital.

#FRANCE: The train gunman said he is dumbfounded by terrorist claims and he was only trying to rob people.

#EL SALVADOR: 14 people are dead after violence erupted between two gangs in a prison. [Reuters]

#BOLT OF LIGHTENING: Usain Bolt claimed the 100 metre gold medal at the World Championships with a time of 9.79 seconds. [The42.ie]

INNOVATION

•  You know those wildly irritating Candy Crush Facebook invites? Here’s how to get rid of them…
• Two Canadian law firms filed a $578 million lawsuit against Ashley Madison. [TIME]

PARTING SHOT

Here’s an unusual story. A man who suffered horrific injuries to his genitals as a child has been fitted with a bionic penis.

“When you want a bit of action you press the ‘on’ button. When you are finished you press another button. It takes seconds. Doctors have told me to keep practising,” he told The Sun.

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