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

IRELAND

Irish army soldiers take part in pre deployment trainning in the Glen of Imaal, Co Wicklow this morning. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• A man convicted of murdering his wife was found dead in his cell in Cloverhill Prison
• A couple appeared in court fighting to get their home back after being forcibly evicted
• The editor of the Irish Independent stood down after just a year
• Irish peacekeeping troops prepared to head off to Syria
• Donations from the ice bucket challenge passed €1 million
• 2fm presenter and former DailyEdge.ie writer Louise McSharry revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer
• The search for Brendan Megraw got underway in a Meath bog
• Property prices rose. Again.
• TV3 announced plans to make four TDs live on social welfare
• Gardaí invited TheJournal.ie to see what training is like. How did we do?

INTERNATIONAL

#ARIZONA: A nine-year-old girl fatally shot a shooting instructor who was showing her how to fire an Uzi. In a video released by sheriffs (above) the girl fires one shot before losing control of the weapon.

#INVESTIGATED: IMF chief Christine Lagarde was charged with negligence over a multi-million euro fraud case.

#SYRIA: The family of a 26-year-old American humanitarian worker said that she had been kidnapped by Islamic State militants.

#ISRAEL: The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for a “durable peace” as the ceasefire in Gaza held firm today.

INNOVATION

• Erasing a bad memory may be more than science fiction.
• Microsoft built a tablet out of cardboard. And it kind of works.
• EA reckons downloadable add-ons for video games alone will net them $1 billion this year. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

In Ireland we’re familiar with the story of the heroic American high school quarterback. The hero who gets the girls and leads the schools.

But what about the ones who lose? A lot.

Slate’s Josh Keefe reckons he was the worst high school quarterback ever. For this hilarious, touching piece he delves into his failure.

Every year we had a different head coach. Every year we thought that would mean a fresh start. Every year we were quickly disappointed. In spite of all this, I worked hard. I lifted in the offseason. I practiced throwing on my own time. I wanted to be good. And yet, I was honestly, genuinely, mortifyingly bad.

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