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

The scene in the James's Street area of Dublin after a man travelling in a stolen taxi died when it struck a pole. Niall Carson / PA Wire Niall Carson / PA Wire / PA Wire

IRISH

• The Archbishop of Dublin has called for an investigation into all mother-and-baby homes in Ireland.
• A man died after a hijacked taxi crashed into a pole in Dublin.
• The final seats of the 2014 Local Elections were filled.
• Gardaí seized €40,000 worth of cannabis in Longford, and a similar amount of washing powder in Dublin.
• Local authorities are investigating a potential new pyrite problem. [RTÉ]
• A man was charged by police in Northern Ireland with directing a terrorist organisation.
• Dozens of people finished a climb of four Irish peaks in one weekend.

WORLD

Participants take part in the Color Me Rad 5km run at Ingleston in Edinburgh where the runners are blasted with bombs of different colours during the race. Andrew Milligan / PA Wire Andrew Milligan / PA Wire / PA Wire

#AFGHANISTAN: The death toll after flash floods hit the Baghlan province rose to 80.

#BRAZIL: Paddy Power said it had not cut down a section of the Amazon rainforest.

#EGYPT: Former army chief Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as the country’s president. [Reuters]

#MALAYSIA: Families of those on Flight MH370 have set up a fund to reward insiders who come forward with information regarding the plane’s disappearance.

INNOVATION

• A computer, for the first time, convinced people that it wasn’t a computer. [The Independent]
• Google said it may flag when it has removed results under a recent ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

Fashion designers were asked in 1939 to predict what people would be wearing in 2000. Women were expected have a headlight ‘to help find an honest man’, and although men will not be wearing ties, they will be fitted with “a telephone, a radio, and containers for coins, keys, and candy for cuties.” Watch here. [VintageFashions/YouTube]

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