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

IRELAND

Spencer Alexander, Nathan Barber, Grace Healy and Ian McFarlane at Castlepalooza music festival. Ruth Medjber Ruth Medjber

• A toddler is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a sixth floor balcony at a hotel in Limerick.
• The interim CEO of Console has taken possession of some assets of the suicide prevention charity.
• Gardaí appealed for witnesses of the shooting dead of a man in Dublin city yesterday afternoon to come forward.
• Three men have been charged after cannabis with an estimated street value of €290,000 was seized in Laois.
• Dublin Bus has announced it won’t be implementing the proposed changes to the 27B bus route, which were due to come into effect later this month – for now.
• There were heavy delays on the M50 southbound after a car caught fire.
• A protest took place in Dublin over the spiralling cost of car insurance premiums.
• There were separate renewed appeals for a missing man last seen in Dublin and a missing boy from Tyrone.

WORLD

Caroline Aherne Fiona Hanson / PA Wire/Press Association Images Fiona Hanson / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

#MANCHESTER: Award-winning actress Caroline Aherne died at the age of 52 today, after a battle with cancer.

#BANGLADESH: 20 hostages were killed by armed militants in Bangladesh.

#LONDON: Thousands of people marched through London to voice their opposition to Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

#US: Hillary Clinton was interviewed by the FBI about her use of a private email server while she was the Secretary of State.

#AUSTRALIA: The general election count is underway, with results too close to call.

INNOVATION

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• Google has been talking up its self-driving cars’ ability to detect and avoid cyclists [TechCrunch].

PARTING SHOT

Tributes have been pouring in for Caroline Aherne, who died from cancer today.

The comedian and writer was best known for her roles in the Mrs Merton Show, the Fast Show and the Royle Family. She also narrated Gogglebox.

The BBC made this video looking back at her life.
https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/10153723048697217/

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