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

Chair of the IMO GP Committee Dr Ray Walley publishing their Pre Budget Submission at Buswells Hotel in Dublin this morning. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• A false alarm over a suspected suspicious device led to part of Henry St being shut down and evacuated.
• The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has voted to allow women members for the first time.
• Micheál Martin has demanded a review of water charges.
• Could the Luas Cross City line be extended in the north of Dublin?
• The Taoiseach had some advice for us on brushing our teeth.
• The family of killed Michael Dwyer said that he was an “innocent victim”
• Four people were arrested as gardaí investigated money laundering in Cork.
• Officers picketed outside Cloverhill prison over staffing levels.
• Super Junior Minister Ged Nash said there’s a strong argument for raising the minimum wage. Here’s why.
• The Irish Medical Organisation said that patient safety is being put at risk by budget cuts.
• In our Family Courts Series, we looked at the aftermath of relationship breakdowns.

INTERNATIONAL

#AUSTRALIA 800 police have stopped an Islamic State plan to conduct demonstration killings, including a beheading.

#SYRIA Islamic State posted a video of captured British journalist John Cantlie, in which he claims he has been ‘abandoned by his government’.

#SCOTLAND Scottish people are voting on the issue of independence today. Here’s how this morning’s front pages looked.

#USA Obama is set to arm Syrian rebels against Islamic State – but only after receiving Republican support, he said.

INNOVATION

• Look at the queues for the iPhone 6. Just look at them. [TheJournal.ie]
• Permits have been issued for the first tests of self-driving cars in California. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

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