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

IRELAND

Yomiko wearing a wedding gown by designer Claire Garvey. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• The Graham Dwyer trial heard he liked to pretend to stab an ex-lover
• Five people were arrested after the robbery of a post office
• David Drumm got a new lawyer in the US
• It was revealed hospital waiting lists have grown considerably
• The funeral of Thomas Kennedy was held
• The government tried to stop cattle rustling
• The Fine Gael national conference got underway
• Mick Wallace dyed his hair pink for charity
• The Equality Tribunal said McDonald’s didn’t discriminate against an Irish woman because of her nationality

INTERNATIONAL

#ISLAMIC STATE: British police said that three teenagers had travelled to Syria to join Islamic State. The girls left their London homes on Tuesday.

#GREECE: A deal has been reached on Greek debt. The Eurozone finance ministers agreed to give Greece a four-month extension to its loans.

#HACKING: A Dutch SIM card maker says it is investigating whether the NSA and GCHQ hacked millions of SIM cards.

INNOVATION

• Remember the hacking scene in Jurassic Park? Someone made a video game based on it. [Geek]
• Apple wants to sell loads of electric cars [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

How do we die? Not a very cheery thought on a Friday, but these 27 Vox.com charts explain it.

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