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

IRISH

Jo Murphy as Little Red Riding Hood in the Gaiety panto with Nicholas Grennell as the wolf. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• There’s been criticism and now an investigation after a 91-year-old man with Parkinson’s spent 29 hours on a hospital trolley. 
• Bank of Ireland has been criticised for ‘abandoning’ customers over new cash restrictions.
• The government has been accused of ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ over the homeless crisis.
• Nominees for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards were announced.
• Labour is taking legal advice over the contents of an email sent to every TD and Senator about Mairia Cahill.
• A Mayo man was on crystal meth when he carried out a frenzied and unprovoked attack on Dublin GAA star Jonny Cooper.
• Gardaí in Louth are investigating the sudden death of a man in the Dundalk area last night.
• It’s been claimed that ministers were aware of exploitation in the fishing industry for two years.

INTERNATIONAL

A student taking part in a march against tuition fees in London. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#SINAI CRASH: Downing Street says that it now believes that the Metrojet plane that crashed in Egypt may have been brought down by a bomb.

#SAFE: A man who went missing after the New York Marathon was found days later on the subway by a police officer who was coincidentally reading about the man on his phone.

#CHICAGO: A police officer who had been thought murdered actually killed himself to make it seem like a murder.

INNOVATION

• John Collison, of billion dollar company Stripe fame, was the main draw at the Web Summit today. 
• Ever wonder what’s in the ‘other’ section of your phone’s storage? Wonder no more.

PARTING SHOT

Essena O'Neill / Instagram Essena O'Neill / Instagram / Instagram

The story of star model Essena O’Neill took the internet by storm after her decision to quit social media altogether. But it appears things have taken a turn.

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