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

IRELAND

An unusually giant President Michael D Higgins tours the stands at the International Mens Shed Festival in DCU. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• An investigation into the death of a baby born a Midlands hospital was announced.
• A 19-year-old died in a road crash in Cork, and a 62-year-old pedestrian died after being struck by a car in Dublin.
• Footage emerged of Enda Kenny being confronted at a Fine Gael dinner by protesters brandishing underwear.
• A march called for more investment in youth mental health services. [RTÉ News]
• A hijacked Royal Mail van was believed to have been used in an armed robbery in Donegal.
• Consultants warned that some acute and mental health services are on ‘the brink of collapse’.
• Two were charged after a €160,000 cannabis seizure in Dundalk.
• Permanent TSB customers were hit by a ‘short-term’ glitch.
• RTÉ Radio 1 was the big winner at the PPI Awards.

INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh Hindu devotees use a boat to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga, in the River Buriganga. AP Photo / A.M. Ahad AP Photo / A.M. Ahad / A.M. Ahad

#HONG KONG: Thousands gathered in Hong Kong for a defiant peace rally.

#KOREA: Renewed talks were announced between North and South.

#MH370: The search for the Malaysia Airlines flight is set to resume.

#SYRIA: Following the murder of a British aid worker by Islamic State, the family of another hostage have appealed for him to be released. [BBC News]

#UNITED KINGDOM: A body was found in the search for the suspected killer of Alice Gross.

INNOVATION

• Forget #BendGate, it’s all about #HairGate now, as iPhone 6 users complain the devices are ripping their hair out.
• Yahoo could be investing in Snapchat. [WSJ]
• An ‘Aquaman Crystal‘ could help divers breath underwater. [Mashable]
• In a medical first, a woman gave birth after receiving a womb transplant.

PARTING SHOT

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