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

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IRISH

• TDs have again been debating changes to the abortion bill and are due to vote on it for the final time in the early hours of the morning.
• Six pro-choice TDs announced they plan to vote against the abortion bill.
• Three people were arrested after a high speed car chase on the M1.
• Two people drowned in tragic incidents in Kildare and Limerick.
• A man was arrested in connection with the murder of two elderly brothers in Castlebar.
• In Dublin, a man is due in court tomorrow charged in connection with an attack that left a man in critical condition.
• Jetskiers have been “tormenting” beachgoers.
• Gardaí appealed for information on missing man Micheal Towey from Dublin.
• NAMA is trying to stop Seán Dunne from being discharged from bankruptcy in the US.
• The lovely sunshine caused some water supply problems.

WORLD

Television crews await the arrival of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Image: Steven Senne/AP/PA).

#BOSTON: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston bombers, pleaded not guilty.  [New York Times]

#LATVIA: The EU gave Latvia the green light to join the euro, becoming the 18th member of the eurozone. [AFP]

#EGYPT: The country’s state prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and other senior figures. [BBC]

#CHINA: Severe flooding caused an entire buildings to be swept away. [The Telegraph]

INNOVATION

Samsung has overtaken Apple on mobile web use. [The Telegraph]

NASA plans to search for life on Mars in 2020. [CBS News]

PARTING SHOT

After the news of the tragic plane crash in San Francisco this week, The Guardian put together this interesting guide on how to survive if your aircraft goes down.

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