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

IRELAND

Axl Rose, lead vocalist of Guns N' Roses. The band announced they will play in Dublin next May. Aijaz Rahi AP / Press Association Images Aijaz Rahi AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

• A man was shot several times in west Dublin.
• A Wexford man who raped a teenage girl for two years until she became pregnant at the age of 13 has been jailed for 11 years.
• Rank and file gardaí voted by a large margin to accept the pay deal recommended by the Labour Court to avert industrial action.
• A man in his early 20s died in a road crash in Cork.
• A review into patient safety at Portlaoise Hospital found that “significant risks remain” despite improvements being made in maternity care.
• People in Dublin 8 objected to a homeless hostel being opened in the areas as they say there are already 12 nearby.
• Schools will have to publish all complaints made against them under a new parent and student charter, announced by the Minister for Education.
• Around 100 current and former staff of the Irish Independent protested at a shareholders’ EGM in Dublin today over plans to cut their pension fund.
• Pat Lam is leaving as head coach of Connacht Rugby to take over at Bristol.
• Last week’s Late Late Toy Show was the most-watched programme on Irish television to date this year, with an average audience of 1.4 million viewers watching the show from beginning to end.
• Guns N’ Roses finally confirmed an Irish date for next summer, after teasing fans over the past week.

WORLD

Italian Premier Matteo Renzi Gregorio Borgia AP / Press Association Images Gregorio Borgia AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#ITALY: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced his intention to resign after he suffered a crushing defeat in a referendum on constitutional reform.

#SERBIA: Former Serbian commander Ratko Mladic led a relentless military campaign during the 1990s Bosnian war to ensure Muslims “vanished” from the territory, UN prosecutors said today.

#NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister John Key announced he was resigning after eight years as leader.

#STOCKHOLM: Bob Dylan won’t be at the Nobel prize ceremony this week to accept his award, but has sent a speech to be read aloud, the Nobel foundation has confirmed.

INNOVATION

• The Twitter account belonging to a seven-year-old Syrian girl who came to prominence in the ongoing siege of Aleppo has been deactivated.
• BBC Future has looked into why we should send politicians to space.

PARTING SHOT

A teenager climbed the Poolbeg chimneys and filmed the entire thing – it’s not for the faint-hearted.

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