NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Irish leaders have said we can take more than 1,800 refugees.
- Gardaí appealed for information about the murder of Karl Holmes in Tallaght, Dublin.
- A manhunt is on for a man who raped a woman in Clondalkin, Dublin.
- The Minister for Justice said the shredding of the former Garda Commissioner‘s personal papers needs to be examined.
- Five new general election candidates were announced by the Social Democrats.
- A family in Wicklow paid tribute to a teenager after his sudden death following a collapse at school.
- An 18-year-old man was killed in a Cavan road crash.
- Setanta Insurance customers will finally get the money they’re owed.
- Health Minister Leo Varadkar is calling for an increase in HIV testing.
- Alan Kelly and Peter McVerry are fighting about homelessness again.
WORLD
#CRISIS: Hungarian football fans attacked refugees at Budapest train station.
#THE DONALD: Trump has vowed not to run as an independent in the Presidential election.
#SO HIGH: Spanish police are getting stoned from having too much weed in their stations.
#THE CHURCH: The Vatican has said transsexual people are not able to become godparents.
INNOVATION
- Spotify has finally explained why it’s looking for more of your data.
- Whatsapp is one step closer to reaching its dream of one billion users.
- Ever wondered why we’re always so keen to push the big red button? [Gizmodo]
PARTING SHOT
We don’t THINK there are any spoilers in this but uber-careful Game of Thrones fans might not want to watch it just in case. A reader sent us this footage they took of the show’s filming in Ballintoy this week.
(Video: Eye in the Sky/YouTube)
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