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

William Buckley endures the rain at The Barrington's Hospital Great Limerick Run. Seán Curtin Seán Curtin

IRISH

• John Waters said same-sex marriage is not a ‘free gift’ to give to the gay community.
• A biker in a charity rally was killed in a road collision.
• Three pensioners were locked up and their home in Co Down was ransacked by thieves.
• Hundreds of passengers from a Cuban flight were stranded in Shannon overnight.
• Bank of Ireland customers had some problems checking their accounts.
• John McGuinness defended his decision to go abroad during a by-election.
• Mary O’Rourke slammed Jean Claude Trichet’s answers about Brian Lenihan.
• Tourists were assaulted and robbed in Swords, Dublin.

WORLD

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a selfie with a baby elephant while touring the Sheldrick Center Elephant Orphanage at the Nairobi National Park. Andrew Harnik / AP/PA Andrew Harnik / AP/PA / AP/PA

#NEPAL: A small number of people have been pulled from the rubble still alive, eight days after the quake.

#CRISIS: Almost 3,700 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean since yesterday morning.

#ESSEX: Police launched a manhunt after a father abducted his three-year-old son from his foster home.

#DING DING DING: It emerged two female journalists who criticised Floyd Mayweather’s history of violence against women were banned from the fight.

INNOVATION

• A study found beards are as dirty as toilets. 
• Here’s how you can check which passwords are saved on your browser.

PARTING SHOT

As part of its British election coverage, Vice asked an important question: Why is the British government taxing periods?

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