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

Omaima and Somaia Halawa protest their brother Ibrahim's incarceration in an Egyptian jail ahead of his eighth trial date on Sunday. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

IRELAND

• An Post customers were told not to post any letters or parcels until further notice as a result of industrial action.
• Brian Friel, one of Ireland’s best known playwrights, died aged 86 after a long illness.
• A man wanted in the UK on child pornography offences was arrested in Dublin.
• The body of a woman reported missing from Dublin earlier this year was recovered off the coast of Scotland.
• The government said it expects the Irish economy to grow by 6.2% this year following positive exchequer returns.
• Former justice minister Alan Shatter won a tough battle to be selected as one of Fine Gael’s two candidates in the Dublin-Rathdown constituency.
• The High Court directed Twitter to hand over information on an anonymous user who allegedly defamed a whistleblower.
• Nama claimed councils around the country have turned down around 4,000 social housing units offered to them.
• Journalist Elaine Byrne said she has been interviewed by gardaí in relation to a complaint made by Independent TD Michael Lowry.
• University College Cork was ranked Ireland’s top university in a new league table.

WORLD

A refugee screams for help after she and her daughter fell into the water off the coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. Muhammed Muheisen / AP/Press Association Images Muhammed Muheisen / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#SYRIA: Seven countries – including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the US - called on Russia to halt indiscriminate attacks on non-Isis targets.

#US: Survivors of yesterday’s mass shooting at an Oregon community college said the gunman told people to state their religion.

#VOLKSWAGEN: The scandal-hit company launched a webpage for customers to check if their vehicle is fitted with a device aimed at cheating emissions tests.

INNOVATION

• Over a billion Android devices are at risk from a flaw that can infect devices when they preview an audio or video file.
• In a new crowdfunding campaign, scientists are calling on people to help fund their rocket to the moon - in return for bringing your selection of photos, videos and personal data over with them. (Gizmodo)
• Drugs that mimic the effects of exercise might soon become a reality thanks to new research. (Science Daily)

PARTING SHOT

Why do women live longer than men? The answer lies in evolution, to cut a long story short, and it seems the damage may be done by the end of puberty. (BBC)

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