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

IRISH

Minister for Health, Simon Harris with L TO R James Stack (9). Grace Cawley(8), Adam Kelly(5) and Isabell (9) as construction on the new National Children's Hospital kicks-off. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A Limerick community has been trying to recover from the shock of yesterday’s stabbing and car crash tragedy.
• Ireland may have to pay an extra €280 million to the EU due to our massive 26% jump in GDP.
• The Labour Court has recommended Dublin Bus workers get a lot less than their 30% pay claim. 
• An investment of €1.5 million and a taskforce have been pledged to help regeneration efforts in north inner city Dublin.
• A failure by some gardaí to show understanding towards grieving families has been highlighted in complaints. 
• There has been a rise in the number of applications from non-EU nationals for Irish visas.
• Limerick’s Collopy brothers, Brian and Kieran, have been jailed for eight years for heroin dealing.
• Some pharmaceutical companies have come out against an agreement that could save the Irish state hundreds of millions of euro.
• A number of homeowners were awarded a total of €83,000 after armed gardaí burst into their homes.

WORLD

Immigrant rights activists hold up a fabric 'Wall of Trump' protesting against the Republican presidential candidate. John Minchillo / PA Images John Minchillo / PA Images / PA Images

#SYRIA: There was widespread outrage after a Syrian rebel group beheaded a 12-year-old child in the city of Aleppo.

#TRUMP: A junior staffer took responsibility for why Melania Trump’s speech was copied from an earlier one by Michelle Obama.

#BREXIT: Britain is giving up its upcoming presidency of the European Union.

#STATE OF EMERGENCY: France’s National Assembly voted by a huge majority to extend the country’s state of emergency for six months.

INNOVATION

• Twitter has banned one of the site’s most contentious high-profile members, possibly in response to abuse received by a Ghostbusters actress.
• The new version of Android won’t be out until later this summer, but we’ve been given some clues about what it will contain.

PARTING SHOT

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A Channel 4 short film has told the story of Dublin journalist and activist Louise Bruton and her bejeweled and lacy prosthetic leg ‘Priscilla’.

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