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

Supporters and opponents of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed today on a holiday marking the anniversary of the last war with Israel. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

IRISH

• The Seanad referendum hangover kicked-in as Fine Gael members criticised a ‘dreadful’ campaign by party bosses.
• Minister Brendan Howlin said a further referendum may be needed as part of a process to reform the Seanad.
• A strike by junior doctors planned for Tuesday looks likely to go ahead with no fresh talks planned.
• The death of a man found unconscious on a Cork street is being treated as suspicious by gardaí.
• There was another hint that this year’s budget adjustment will be less than the €3.1 billion originally planned. This time the nudge came from Pat Rabittee.
• The Reform Alliance weighed into the Seanad debate and want to see it directly elected.
• Limerick made its final pitch today to host the 2018 Gay Games.

INTERNATIONAL

(A convoy of inspectors preparing to cross into Syria at the Lebanese border last Tuesday. Pic: Bilal Hussein/AP)

#SYRIA: A team of disarmament inspectors began the process of destroying Syria’s chemical weapons and production facilities.

#COUNTER TERRORISM: The US launched raids in Libya and Somalia with US Secretary of State John Kerry saying that “terrorists can run but they can’t hide”.

#IRAQ: A primary school was one of the targets in a day of suicide bombing across Iraq that left over 30 people dead.

INNOVATION

• In the latest in our ‘Debunked’ series we find out: Is it possible to have a photographic memory?
• This tiny clip-on device is equipped a 5 megapixel camera and a GPS tracking system so you can document everything you do. [Wall Street Journal]

PARTING SHOT

Denis Shkurpit taking part in the NABBA Mr. Ireland 2013 Pro-Am bodybuilding championships at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin today. (Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

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