NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- GSOC, the Garda Ombudsman, said that is has already investigated some claims of Garda malpractice highlighted by Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny.
- The Taoiseach’s 11 nominees for the Seanad were announced.
- Gardaí have arrested three people in 24 hours in connection with the ongoing gangland feud in Dublin.
- Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy has been given a November date for a tax evasion appeal.
- An Irishman was jailed over the murder of a woman in London.
WORLD
#JAPAN: US president Barack Obama paid tribute to the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack during his historic visit to Hiroshima.
#PARIS: French unions urged workers to step up a wave of industrial action against a controversial labour law, a day after clashes over the reform rocked protests in Paris.
#UNITED STATES: A superbug resistant to all known medications was found in the United States for the first time.
INNOVATION
- Think charging your phone at a public USB port is safe? Think again.
- Robots are now being taught how to feel pain.
PARTING SHOT
Check out this video of a badass Irish Army Rangers marine exercise.
https://www.facebook.com/thejournal.ie/videos/1131547266865696/
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