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

IRISH

Bucci Piergiorgio riding Casallo Z as Italy won the Aga Khan at the RDS Dublin Horse Show. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• The father and son who died in a suspected murder-suicide will be buried together on Sunday. 
• A demonstration was held for five homeless families who will have to leave their emergency accommodation in a Dublin hotel.
• The Department of Education sent ‘intimidating’ legal letters to abuse survivors about their legal actions.
• Well-known Dublin businessman Des Kelly died at his home.
• A fifteen-year-old boy is to face trial in an adult court for allegedly being part of a gang attack in which a man was stabbed 20 times with a screwdriver.
• Students have been told that a supposed music festival in Marlay Park on Leaving Cert results night is a scam.
• Joe O’Reilly has been granted legal aid to pursue a Supreme Court appeal in his efforts to have his murder conviction labelled a miscarriage of justice.
• A range of drugs are to be made newly illegal.
• Gardaí in different parts of the country are appealing for information about three separate missing people.

WORLD

The scene of tonight's shopping centre shooting in Munich. Sebastian Widmann / AP Sebastian Widmann / AP / AP

#MUNICH: Six people have been killed and more have been injured in a suspected terrorist shooting at a Munich shopping centre.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump made a bombastic acceptance speech at last night’s Republican National Convention as he seeks to win the US presidency.

#FRANCE: IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been ordered to stand trial in France over a massive state payout to a controversial tycoon when she was French economy minister.

#BIRTHDAY BOY: UK animal charity the RSPCA has put out a statement of warning after an image was released of Britain’s Prince George feeding his family dog an ice-cream on his birthday.

INNOVATION

• There’s an easier way to hang up your phone if you have an Android. 
• Pokémon Go finally launched in its birthplace of Japan. (BBC News)

PARTING SHOT

This wonderful video of a three-month-old deaf baby hearing for the first time has the internet tearing up.

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