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

A blood red supermoon seen in the skies overnight, created by a lunar eclipse with the moon near to its closest point to the Earth. Danny Lawson / PA Wire/Press Association Images Danny Lawson / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

IRELAND

• A taxi driver found dead in Co Louth was named as 53-year-old Martin Mulligan.
• New figures showed a decrease in the number of murders over the past year, but an increase in assaults, burglaries and fraud.
• A consultant gynaecologist accused of carrying out inappropriate hysterectomies defended his actions before the Medical Council.
• Letterkenny in Donegal was named Ireland’s tidiest town.
• Thousands of council houses are still lying empty across the country.
• A woman in her later 20s was killed in a car crash in Cavan.
• A charity collecting items for a refugee camp in Calais said its 70 depots are now full.
• Basketball Ireland condemned racist comments made against some of its underage players.
• A Dublin couple launched a High Court action aimed at halting building works they claim are causing “extensive nuisance”.
• The army bomb disposal unit was called to Ranelagh in Dublin after a suspicious device was found in the area.

WORLD

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn prepares for his first leader's speech at the party's annual conference in Brighton. Gareth Fuller / PA Wire/Press Association Images Gareth Fuller / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

#UN: President Barack Obama attacked Russia and Iran for continuing to support the Syrian regime.

#CATALONIA: Separatists claimed a mandate to break with Spain after pro-independence parties stormed to victory in regional elections.

#UK: Prime Minister David Cameron dismissed claims he put “a private part of his anatomy” into a dead pig’s mouth.

INNOVATION

• Nasa revealed that liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars.
• Apple said it has sold more than 13 million iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in its first three days.
• A new phone designed to protect users against surveillance and attacks by offering encryption by default was launched.

PARTING SHOT

Netflix published detailed instructions on how create an internet-connected button that will let you order takeaway, dim the lights, turn on the TV, launch Netflix and silence your phone – in just one press. (The Next Web)

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