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

Andrew Lowson Andrew Lowson

IRELAND

• The family in the No poster said they would vote Yes in the same-sex marriage referendum
• The Iona Institute launched a new animated video about voting No in the referendum
• The sinking of the Lusitania 100 years ago today was remembered
• A group that assists people to change their same-sex attraction had a meeting in Galway cancelled
• A shop was sent hate mail over a Yes to same-sex marriage poster
• An Irish mum and daughter were killed in a collision in Poland
• Ireland’s least favourite companies were named 
• A manhunt is underway after a prisoner escaped from a Wicklow courtroom 
• A protester was allegedly struck by an Irish Water van 
• Michael Noonan said some people are “allergic to work”, and was criticised for it

INTERNATIONAL

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive to vote at a polling station in Spelsbury, England AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UK  Voting in the general election took place today, but was it the most boring election of modern times? People did bring their dogs to vote though

#BALTIMORE A US police officer was charged with biting a man’s testicles during a fight outside an Irish pub

#GLASGOW The detective investigating Karen Buckley’s murder thanked the people of Ireland 

#OMAHA A baby was found in a dumpster – police are searching for his missing mother

#USA The NSA’s collection of phone records is illegal, a court said

INNOVATION

• Will travelling to Mars make you more intelligent? Er, no, it might actually make you a bit stupid. [Geek.com]
• Twitter blocked promoted tweets that were used to push white supremacist messages. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

Have you heard these creepy but fascinating Thomas Edison recordings yet? They date back to the 1890s and are among the first sound recordings made for entertainment purposes. [New York Times]

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