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

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IRELAND

• Man, 20, who died at the Electric Picnic festival had pre-existing cardiac condition.
• Electric Picnic festival goers warned about “dodgy pills”.
• Hundreds turn out for 1913 Lockout commemorations in Dublin.
• Gardaí await post-mortem on body of a woman found in Navan apartment.
• The Financial Services Ombudsman says banks have to “get up to speed” on the mortgage crisis.
• Man killed instantly in fall from fifth-floor apartment in Limerick city
• Ten people hospitalised after two cars collided in Co Kerry.
• 26 Syrians have sought asylum in Ireland in the last six months.
• Funeral arrangements for Seamus Heaney announced, while he makes NY Times front page.
• Employment support schemes have been criticised as “restrictive” in a recent report.
• Applicants for Dublin Fire Brigade were asked if they’re gay or straight.

INTERNATIONAL

#WASHINGTON: Obama is ready to strike Syria, but wait for Congress’s permission first.
#SYRIA: Russia’s Putin said it’s “utter nonsense” that Assad used chemical weapons on his people.
#VATICAN CITY: The Pope took this selfie.
#NEW DELHI: Teen given three years for gang rape and murder of student on New Delhi bus.

INNOVATION

• Dad hacks wheelchair to let his two-year-old make his own way around. [C|Net]
• The National Security Agency wants to ban sales of this t-shirt. [Business Insider]

PARTING SHOT

#DOG FOUND: Does this dog belong to you? If so, he’s waiting for collection at Blackrock Garda Station in Dublin. Gardaí have him fed and watered but say they “can’t keep him forever”.

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