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

IRELAND

Pictured is a performance of Die Fledermaus, as the annual Opera in the Open series returns to the Amphitheatre in the Civic Offices, Wood Quay. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Pat Hickey was taken from a Rio hospital in a wheelchair
• While Sports Minister Shane Ross landed in Dublin Airport
• The killing of an Irishman in Majorca was described as a case of mistaken identity
• Thomas Barr missed out on an Olympic medal by five hundredths of a second
• A man in his 60s died when his car hit a truck in Offaly
• Sinn Féin was accused of “taking out” Peter Robinson by coaching a witness
• Homeowners were asked to take in students as the accommodation crisis worsens

INTERNATIONAL

Members of the public watch a flying display by a B-17 Flying Fortress during the Bournemouth Air Festival in England. Andrew Matthews Andrew Matthews

#SWIMMING: Allegations that US swimmer Ryan Lochte invented a story about him and three teammates being mugged at gunpoint in Rio have been strengthened by video footage showing them in a gas station altercation.

#SYRIA: A haunting video of a small Syrian boy sitting in the back of an ambulance after being rescued from the rubble of a building went viral.

#TURKEY: At least three people were killed and another 120 injured today in a car bomb attack on a police headquarters in eastern Turkey.

INNOVATION

• The Top Gear lads are starting a social network for people who like cars
• Double the battery life on phones? It could be about to happen

PARTING SHOT

Americans can’t stop eating meat. Vox looks at how campaigns to get them to cut down have been a complete bust.

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