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

IRELAND

Russell Crowe arrives for the gala screening of his directorial debut The Water Diviner at the Savoy in Dublin. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Defence counsel Remy Farrell made his closing statement in the Graham Dwyer trial.
• Judges heard that the O’Donnells are ‘living rent-free at the bank’s expense’.
• The solar eclipse happened (even though some of us couldn’t see it).
• Businesses said they weren’t happy about tomorrow’s water protest. 
• Firefighters gave the thumbs up to strike action.
• TD John Perry explained why he hired his wife. 
• A Renua candidate made a stupid mistake on Twitter.
• Confidence in the economy is improving, it appears.
• New plans for Cork’s derelict Capitol Cinema were revealed.

WORLD

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#BLASTS: Multiple suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State killed at least 142 people at Shiite mosques in Yemen’s capital.

#FRANCE: Police in the southern French town of Louchats said they had found five bodies of babies at a couple’s home.

#UK: A petition of almost one million signatures to ‘Bring Back Clarkson’ was delivered to the BBC’s offices by tank.

INNOVATION

• The CEO of Mars One has hit back at critics of the project.
• And a man who posted a hoax suicide threat on Facebook ending up being arrested and put in a psychiatric institution. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

Sligo-based illustrator Gary Reddin has dreamed up some modern interpretations of famous Irish writers as the world’s favourite punching-bag: hipsters.

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