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

IRELAND

Ellen (11) getting splashed while her father Andrew Tompson from Tyrone washes her pony while being washed ahead of the Discover Ireland Dublin horse show in the RDS today which gets underway tomorrow Sam Boal / Rolling News.ie Sam Boal / Rolling News.ie / Rolling News.ie

• A Limerick man was found dead in America
• A man was stabbed to death in Sligo
• An evangelical group which believes gay people are “immoral” planed a show in Dublin
• Dublin city’s traffic layout changed as the Luas lines were put down
• The Defence Forces advertised for new staff
• Parents hit out at the cost of school uniforms
• A company was fined for discharging detergent into the River Tolka
• Two people were questioned over a serious assault in Armagh

INTERNATIONAL

Ted Heath, pictured in 1998 EMPICS Sports Photo Agency EMPICS Sports Photo Agency

#ABUSE: Former British Prime Minister Ted Heath has been drawn into the complex web of historic child sex abuse allegations, after the police watchdog announced an investigation.

#TORONTO: Two people were shot dead at a nightclub party hosted by the rapper Drake.

#ISIS: The Islamic State circulated a price list for sex slaves.

#CILLA BLACK: The popular TV presenter died of a stroke, a postmortem found.

INNOVATION

• Can your phone’s battery spy on you?
• Own a Mac? You need to read this

PARTING SHOT

Remember those choose your own adventure books? Old Spice made one using Instagram and it’s bonkers.

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