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

IRELAND

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• Two bodies were recovered in Galway following weeks of searches 
• A man was arrested over Friday night’s murder of a taxi driver in Belfast 
• A campaign to raise funds for the funeral of shooting victim Martin O’Rourke (above) raised thousands of euro
• It emerged an Irishman has been detained in Iraq
  
• It was a relatively quiet day on the government talks front
• Micheál Martin took a major pop at Sinn Féin over their 1916 events 
• Bertie Ahern weighed in to the Brexit debate
• Presenter Vogue Williams said she planned to take drugs for a new RTÉ show 

Eleven new priests lay on the ground during a ceremony in which Pope Francis ordained them, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Associated Press Associated Press

#DISASTER: At least 233 people have died in an earthquake in Ecuador

#CRITICISM: There was outrage over a joke about a murdered rape victim made by the leading candidate in the Philippines presidential election

#US ELECTION: Ted Cruz picked up another 14 delegates in the GOP primary battle

INNOVATION

• Sad news – the voice of London’s iconic ‘Mind the Gap‘ announcements has died. [Wired.co.uk]
• And – what goes on behind the scenes during a drone attack?

PARTING SHOT

We can’t stop looking at this clip of a seagull picking a fight with himself…

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