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

IRISH

Emma Daniels, Annacotty with her son Charlie who doesn't recognise her in the firefighters breathing apparatus at Limerick Fire and Rescue Services Demonstration Day. Sean Curtin Sean Curtin

• Former Minister Pat Carey gave a moving interview about being gay.
• Teachers’ unions are unhappy a confidential Junior Cycle document was leaked.
• A Ryanair flight was diverted after a drunk man stripped.
• George Hook said he isn’t retiring.
• There is controversy over the naming of a flyover after Veronica Guerin.
• A man was arrested over a hoax call made to the Coast Guard.
• A homemade bomb was found in Cork.
• Elderly people won’t have to pay out more under the Fair Deal scheme.
• Gardaí have issued an appeal for missing person David Gardiner.
• A pilot survey has highlighted some of the areas of concerns for staff at Ryanair.
• The guards responded to that ‘sexist’ tweet.

INTERNATIONAL

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#UK: Well-known weatherman Fred Talbot has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys.

#UK: Revenge porn was made illegal in England and Wales.

#NETHERLANDS: Police caught cannabis growers after spotting a snow-free roof.

#USA:  New York Times journalist David Carr died.

INNOVATION

• We’re closer than ever to a birth control pill for men, apparently. [Wired.com]
• Oscar-nominated visual effects at the centre of ‘Interstellar’ have turned science fiction into science fact with new insights into black holes. [ScienceDaily]

PARTING SHOT

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