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

IRELAND

Maya O'Mahoney, 5, at the re-setting of Molly Malone on Dublin's Suffolk Street. Niall Carson / PA Wire Niall Carson / PA Wire / PA Wire

• A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Rathfarnham, Dublin.
• The HSE has recorded a €163 million deficit for this year to the end of May.
• Ballymun residents are protesting a ban on rent allowance in their area.
• The Revenue Commissioners have collected €310m to date in local property tax and household charge payments.
• Three men have been arrested and property recovered as part of an investigation into dissident republican activity in Dublin.
• Over 70 of Nama’s debtors have been declared backrupt since the agency was set up.
• Molly Malone has been given a new (temporary) home.

INTERNATIONAL

Ukrainian coal miners search the site of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 for survivors near Rozsypne, Ukraine today. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#MH17: Barack Obama said that a missile fired from a rebel-held territory in Ukraine brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 with 298 on board. An Irish-born woman is among the dead.

#GAZA: The AFP reports that the Palestinian death toll has risen to 285, and the Israeli soldier killed overnight died by ‘friendly fire’. Minister Charlie Flanagan today expressed the government’s “deep concerns” over the violence to the Israeli ambassador to Ireland.

#SILVIO: Silvio Berlusconi has won his appeal against his conviction for paying for sex with an underage prostitute.

INNOVATION

• The more time you spend on Facebook, the worse you will feel. [TheJournal.ie]
• The FBI has all kinds of security concerns about Google’s driverless cars. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Good news for people worrying about underarm sweat patches in hot weather: spacesuit technology is being used to make high-end dress shirts for men to help combat perspiration.

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