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

IRELAND

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• The prosecution closed its case in the David Mahon murder trial
• Gardaí are to dig at a house in Dublin after claims two babies were killed there
• Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath called comments by Leo Varadkar on water charges “surreal“
• A rally for mental health took place in Dublin
• Mick Wallace broke down in tears while talking about the refugee crisis
• 91% of culpable drivers in car crashes caused by speed were men 
• Alan Kelly said that he “wasn’t allowed be as ambitious as I wanted to be“
• Intel is to cut jobs in Ireland – it employs 5,000 people in Kildare
• Luas drivers went on strike again today
• A Limerick killer found unresponsive in his cell was under ‘special observation’
• Paul Murphy TD said he’s entitled to legal aid as he can’t afford court costs
• We talked to newly elected Sinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield about gender recognition

WORLD

Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone surrounded media outside Millbank in Westminster, London PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#COSTA CONCORDIA The captain of the ship said that others were to blame for the deadly crash.

#BRITAIN Ken Livingstone was suspended from Labour today, and had to hide in a toilet after comments about Hitler.

#EGYPT The Egyptian government rejected claims of UN mistreatment in the Ibrahim Halawa case

#WISCONSIN A toddler shot his mother by accident while she was driving. The gun had slid out from under the driver’s seat.

#LIVERPOOL A flight to Alicante was forced to land in France after drunk passengers started fighting.

INNOVATION

• Apple has launched a CareKit, which helps people keep track of medical data, like diabetes with One Drop, and Start App for drugs prescribed to treat depression. [The Next Web]
• If your WiFi isn’t up to scratch, here are some tips to help you try and fix it.
• A guy who doesn’t understand football made a football game anyway… and here’s what happened. [Twitter]

PARTING SHOT

It’s International Dance Day 2016 today, so here are five Sligo dancers from Sean Nós ar an tSionann Dance Club performing in Co Sligo.

Comments are off as one of the articles above concerns an ongoing trial.

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