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

Largest cruise ship ever, MSC Splendida, sails into Dublin Port today. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• Gardaí issued a new appeal for information about the discovery of a newborn baby found abandoned last week.
• The body of a man was recovered from Dublin Bay.
• Graham Dwyer lodged an appeal against his conviction for the murder of Elaine O’Hara
• Joe O’Reilly lost his appeal to have his murder conviction declared a miscarriage of justice
• The Dunnes Stores strike hasn’t stopped people shopping there.
• Sister Stanislaus Kennedy declared she will be voting Yes to same-sex marriage.
• The largest ever cruise ship to visit Ireland, the MSC Splendida, arrived into Dublin Port.
• RTÉ said it did not know Aodhán Ó Ríordáin was wearing a Yes pin before he went on the Saturday Night Show.
• A court heard an Irish man alleged to be the ‘biggest facilitator of child pornography in the world’ has been diagnosed with Apergers.
• A group of activists ‘liberated’ nine lobsters from a Dublin restaurant.

WORLD

A Nepalese woman stands carrying her child outside her house damaged in last month’s earthquake. Niranjan Shrestha / PA Niranjan Shrestha / PA / PA

#HERE TO STAY: UKIP said they rejected Nigel Farage’s resignation.

#OBAMA: The UN has been reviewing the US’ human rights record with police brutality one of the issues under the spotlight.

#FLORIDA: George Zimmerman was shot at but managed to escape with minor injuries.

#SOUTH AFRICA: A drugs campaigner sparked up a joint live on the news.

INNOVATION

• Facebook thinks it has found a way to hurt Google‘s search business.
• This is why Windows 10 is going to be the ‘last version of Windows’

PARTING SHOT

In an article that is NSFW and definitely not for those under the age of 18, Vice looks at the scientific and personal benefits of not masturbating.

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