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

IRELAND 

Jerry Fish performing in The Cork Opera House during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. Provision Provision

• Murdered Garda Tony Golden warned of the decline in garda resources in Louth in a series of notes back in 2013.
• Survivors of the Carrickmines fire have moved into their new temporary site in a carpark.  
• A woman in her 80s has died in a house fire at her home in Kerry.
• A school has been ordered to pay €4,000 compensation after discriminating against separated father.
• The body of man in his 40s was pulled from Lake Burke in Co Clare.
• A man has been charged with murder after Lithuanian man Gediminas Stauskas was found in a garage in Tyrone.
• The Anti-Austerity Alliance is leading another occupation of a show-home in Dublin.
• A 20-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and kidnap after two shootings in Newry.

INTERNATIONAL

Pope Francis holds the Gospel Book as he celebrates a Mass in the Vatican. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#OKLAHOMA: A woman suspected of driving under the influence struck a crowd at Oklahoma State University killing four people and injuring dozens.

#MEALTH-MOUTHED: In an interview with CNN, Tony Blair made a qualified apology for the Iraq War and admits it contributed to the rise of Islamic State.

#RIP: There were global tributes for Maureen O’Hara after the death of the Irish movie star yesterday.

INNOVATION

• Take five minutes to learn just how handy mobile widgets can be. 
• The government of New South Wales in Australia will deploy drones, sonar and helicopters to helpdetect sharks this summer. (Mashable)

PARTING SHOT

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There was a charity effort in the Southend in the UK today to break the world record for the most naked people on a rollercoaster. They needed 103 riders but they only mustered up 57 brave souls. 

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