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

IRELAND

Voters cast their ballots today. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• The nation (well – some of us) went to the polls today to elect our next president. 
• Gardaí appealed for information over a boy missing since Monday.
• A Bray boy who faced deportation to China is going to have his case reviewed.
• The Special Criminal Court will next week deliver its verdict in the Gareth Hutch murder trial. 
• The head of Garda HR John Barrett was suspended from duty.
• We’re going to experience our first cold snap this evening with temperatures expected to drop below freezing.
• Tributes poured in for well-known music promoter John Reynolds.
• A vet warned about an unusual spike in the number of cat deaths from poisoning. 

INTERNATIONAL

Hammer holes in the glass case that houses the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral after a man tried to steal it. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#USA: A man in his 50s was arrested in connection with spate of US mail bombs.

#ENGLAND: Two takeaway workers were convicted of manslaughter after a 15-year-old girl died following a severe allergic reaction to a takeaway meal in the UK. 

#CHINA: A knife-wielding woman attacked and injured 14 children at a kindergarten.

PARTING SHOT

Ever wanted to call Piers Morgan a bad name? How about getting a national broadcaster to do it on your behalf? 

Well, that exactly what Channel 4 was up to over in the UK.

The UK TV channel has been tweeting abuse at celebrities, including Piers Morgan. The English television presenter and columnist was told to “go f**k himself” and called a tosser, a wanker, and a bastard.

The account later revealed that it was insulting people to encourage them to donate money to cancer research and testings.

Still gas all the same. 

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