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

IRELAND

Media take photos of items belonging to Pat Hickey following his arrest in Rio today. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

• The head of the Olympic Council of Ireland Pat Hickey was arrested in Rio
• He later stood down as head of the council
• Leaving Cert results were released, with fails in Maths rising
• The world amateur boxing body sent judges home in the wake of Michael Conlan‘s controversial defeat yesterday
• A Mayo councillor objected to an Educate Together school in Castlebar
• Two Sligo men appeared before the Special Criminal Court charged with IRA membership
• A woman’s body was found at a house in Clonard, County Wexford
• A nursing home dismissed four staff over allegations patients’ privacy had been breached

INTERNATIONAL

People watch the maiden flight of the Airlander 10, the largest aircraft in the world, at Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire. Gareth Fuller Gareth Fuller

#CRUISE: Nearly 500 passengers were rescued from a burning ferry off the US territory of Puerto Rico.

#RESHUFFLE: Donald Trump named a conservative website executive and a pollster to head his team amid sinking poll numbers.

#AUSTRALIA: Australia agreed to close an immigration camp housing hundreds of asylum-seekers on Papua New Guinea, but no timeline has been given.

INNOVATION

• The headphone jack is on its way out
• But you can listen music if you only have one working headphone

PARTING SHOT

Caught up in the doom and gloom of the Olympics? Here’s a picture of Irish silver medalists Annalise Murphy and Gary O’Donovan that should lift your spirits.

Sinead O'Carroll Sinead O'Carroll

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