Updated 11.47pm

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

Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore in Meath today. (Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

• An Australian man has been jailed for 18.5 years for the brutal murder of Irish backpacker David Greene.
• ‘Exiled’ members of Fine Gael have been granted Dáil speaking rights.
• A man has been hospitalised following a stabbing in Wexford.
• The remains found in the Dublin Mountains on Saturday are those of missing 36-year-oldElaine O’Hara.
• Social welfare will not be capped in Budget 2014, says Joan Burton.
• Nurses will support junior doctors when they strike next week.
• A High Court case on whether direct provision is unconstitutional could last up to two weeks.
• Nine million cigarettes were seized in Louth.
• The President warned that austerity should not erode the rights of Irish citizens.
• Ryanair chose Stansted – and not Dublin – for a major investment.
• Enda Kenny says he feels the people’s pain.
• The Taoiseach also described the RA rebels as ‘free spirits’.
• Michaella McCollum Connolly may plead guilty in Peru.
• Bono met children’s rights hero Malala Yousafzai.
• It rained today (like, really rained) but this weekend could be sunny and warm.

INTERNATIONAL

A cow walks through flooded fields outside Longmont, Colorado. The rain finally stopped today, allowing many Colorado flood evacuees to return home to toppled houses and upended vehicles with the realisation that rebuilding their lives will take months. Search crews, meanwhile, rescued hundreds more people stranded by floodwaters. . (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

#USA: The FBI gave more details about the weapons used by Aaron Alexis in the Washington Navy Yard massacre, confirming that he entered the facility with a shotgun.

#IRAN: Blocks on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook were lifted for several hours in Iran today but the ‘technical glitch’ has now been fixed and control resumed.

#ITALY: The Costa Concordia has finally been pulled upright.

INNOVATION

• Google has been shopping again. The Internet giant has bought file-swapping app Bump for more than $30 million. [AllThingsD]
• Apple has started to offer older versions of apps to users of outdated operating systems, opening up a whole new world of apps to owners of older devices, according to Silicon Republic. [SiliconRepublic.com]
• The British government is trialling a service which will see alerts sent mobile phone users in the case of an emergency. [TechRadar]

PARTING SHOT

The Huberman/O’Driscolls had the craic with the Lions squad at 10 Downing Street today with the Threesome star tweeting this photograph with the caption, ‘Nik naks at Daves’. [DailyEdge.ie]

Source: Twitter/amyhuberman

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