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

Dancers Angela Revie and Ryoko Yagyu from a production of Swan Lake practice ahead of a 58-day-long tour of Ireland. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• Budget 2015 is just hours away – here’s what we know so far.
• Two were arrested in connection with the 2013 murder of Dean Johnson.
• A creche featured in a RTÉ investigation faced 24 charges after claims of ‘disrespectful, degrading and exploitative’ treatment.
• Legal submissions have been made to have the case against TD Michael Lowry struck out. [RTÉ News]
• A row brewed over a response from the public relations representative for the Bon Secours sisters, Terry Prone, about the Tuam babies site.
• A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured after falling from a bridge in Finglas.
• Health experts said protocols are in place for dealing with Ebola in Ireland.
• A children’s surgeon facing a fitness to practice injury was alleged to have “had difficulty putting on gowns and gloves”.

WORLD

An Indonesian man watches as Mount Sinabung erupts, in Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#SOUTH AFRICA: Community service has been suggested in the sentencing of Oscar Pistorius.

#SYRIA: Despite airstrikes and heavy fighting, Islamic State forces are continuing to gain ground. [WSJ]

#UNITED KINGDOM: NHS workers have staged their first strike in 32 years.

#DENMARK: The government moved to ban sex with animals.

#VATICAN: The Catholic Church is looking into softening its stance on gay people.

INNOVATION

• Samsung said it has developed WiFi technology that could download a 1GB film in three seconds.
• A French bank will soon allow people to send money over Twitter.
• A site admitted it was the source of a massive leak of Snapchat photos.
• Venture capitalists are starting to invest in science projects again. [New York Times]

PARTING SHOT

What advice would elderly Irish men and woman have for their 16-year-old selves? Radio represented Riyadh Khalaf went out and asked them.

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