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

IRELAND

A plane flies along the Shannon Estuary at the Foynes Air Show, which was dedicated to the memory of the late Howard Cox, who was killed in a light aircraft crash yesterday. Alan Place / FusionShooters Alan Place / FusionShooters / FusionShooters

• Hundreds ignored warnings not to climb Croagh Patrick, some got hypothermia
• Independents topped an opinion poll
• A man died after falling from a tractor in Kerry
• Four teens broke out of a juvenile detention centre
• A man was confirmed dead after a plane crash in Waterford
• A man was rescued from a car after going into a canal in Athy
• The banking inquiry was torn on accepting the evidence of David Drumm
• Irish Muslims protested against ISIS

INTERNATIONAL

A plane lies in the wreckage of a house in Tokyo where it crashed, killing three. APExchange APExchange

#BRITAIN: A British Lord has quit after a newspaper released a video of him allegedly taking drugs with two prostitutes.

#TOUR DE FRANCE: Paris police opened fire on a car that tried to crash through barricades about eight hours before the final arrival of the Tour de France.

#TOKYO: Three people died after a plane landed on a house in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood.

INNOVATION

• Does an iPad charger work quicker on an iPhone? [TheJournal.ie]
• Fake milk is on the way [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Remember when the world cared about Ebola? For some, like Erison, it was more real than that. 38 members of his family died from the virus. He showed the New York Times how he’s rebuilding his life.

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