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

An armed garda checkpoint on the South Circular Road in Dublin late last night. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• It was revealed that another person with intellectual disabilities was left in a care home after abuse allegations. 
• An Afghan family was attacked by a gang in Dublin.
• Firefighters in Macroom were rushed to hospital after an explosion.
• Two homeless men continued their occupation of a council building in Bray.
• There is concern for a 15-year-old girl missing in Galway.
• Men armed with a gun and sledgehammer robbed money from a shop.
• It was actually sunny outside (in most places).

A couple relax on the beach in Margate, Kent. Gareth Fuller / PA Gareth Fuller / PA / PA

WORLD

#CANADA: The massive wildfire is expected to burn for months.

#INFIDELITY: Donald Trump said Bill Clinton is the ‘worst abuser of women in the history of politics’.

#EGYPT: Eight policemen were shot dead after their minibus was ambushed.

#SUSPICIOUS: A professor was escorted off  a plane and interrogated after a fellow passenger reported him because he was doing maths.

INNOVATION

• Researchers in California have come up with a battery that lasts 40 times longer than average. 
• Your iPhone has a handy feature that lets you access anything with one hand.

PARTING SHOT

The New York Times’ Death Row series today tells the story of a man who ended up there without ever firing a bullet.

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