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

Aoife Dolan; Ellen Fitzgerald; and Niamh Nyhan from Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty, Co Cork. Today they won the major European innovation competition INESPO in Amsterdam. Naoise Culhane Naoise Culhane

IRELAND

• The High Court rejected attempts to challenge the result of the same-sex marriage referendum.
• Tallaght Hospital apologised to a 102-year-old woman who spent 26 hours on a trolley.
• Enda Kenny called on John Delaney to explain FIFA’s “extraordinary” €5 million payment to the FAI after the Thierry Henry handball.
• Police are investigating after an elderly couple were found dead at home in Co Antrim.
• An attempt to extend Wayne Dundon‘s sentence for witness intimidation failed before the Court of Appeals.
• Gardaí seized more than €1 million worth of ketamine in Dublin and Kildare.
• Lawyers for IBRC told the High Court they are concerned that legal advice they received about their relationship with Denis O’Brien might be raised in the Dail.
• Dunnes Stores workers have asked the public to join them in a march in Dublin tomorrow, to protest pay and working conditions.
• Two of Ireland’s biggest phone companies – Vodafone and Liberty Global, who own UPC – said they were considering merging parts of their business.

WORLD

Kieran Sorkin, after undergoing a successful operation to have ears grafted on. PA WIRE PA WIRE

#BIG BREAK-IN: The US is investigating after Chinese hackers stole the personal information of 4 million government employees.

#IRAQ: Saddam Hussein’s infamous right-hand man Tariq Aziz has died, while awaiting execution.

#STRANDED: A strong earthquake in Malaysia left 137 people stranded on top of a mountain.

#TRAFFICKING:  Two pregnant women were among the 68 people found in containers on arrival at an English port.

#ROLLERCOASTER: Alton Towers apologised for the “devastating” accident on a ride, which left four people with serious leg injuries.

INNOVATION

• A $14,000 coffee machine that uses vacuumed air pressure and sophisticated algorithms has gone on the market in the US. [Wired]
• Facebook has launched their new “Facebook Lite” app, which uses far less data than the main app, and is aimed at users in developing countries. [Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

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