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

Alannah Keogh, Brittas, Dublin before performing with her Music Generation friends during the Fleadh in Ennis. Eamon Ward Eamon Ward

IRELAND

• Pat Hickey of the Olympic Council of Ireland has been transferred to Rio’s notorious Bangu Prison.
• Back in Dublin, Sports Minister Shane Ross has announced a non-statutory inquiry into the ticket-touting scandal at the Olympic Games.
• Six people have been arrested as part of an investigation into human trafficking after a house in Meath was searched last night.
• A woman whose south Dublin home featured on the RTE programme ‘Room to Improve’ has settled her damages claim for €100,000.
• The President of the High Court today described alleged sexual abuse of two children “the most disturbing evidence I have read in 20 years on the bench”.
• Gardaí have arrested a man in his early 20s in connection with an attempted armed robbery at a bank in Wexford.
• The Wicklow man alleged to have run the Silk Road website that dealt with illegal drugs and hacking software, is to appeal his extradition to the US.
• Plans for a major housing development in a north Dublin park have been scaled back by the developer after objections from locals.
• New roads, footpaths and cycle lanes, however, will start construction in the next few weeks as part of a major development plan in south county Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

US swimmer Jimmy Feigen. Michael Sohn Michael Sohn

#DAMAGE LIMITATION: Paul Manafort, the combative, experienced operator at the head of the Donald Trump campaign, has resigned after allegations of multi-million dollar cash payments from the pro-Russian former president of Ukraine.

#MEXICO: Police massacred 22 civilians in arbitrary executions during a raid on a drug gang last year, a human rights ombudsman has said.

#PANTS ON FIRE: US swimmer James Feigen is to make a $10,800 payment to avoid prosecution and leave Brazil.

#ISLAM: The German interior minister says he’s in favour of a partial burqa ban, amid fierce national debate on integration.

INNOVATION

• Twitter have introduced a ‘quality filter’ to tackle harassment. [Wired]
• Microsoft wants to pay you to use its Windows 10 browser Edge. [The Guardian].

PARTING SHOT

More women compete on primetime TV at the Olympics than at any point of the year – and Vox have examined the sexist coverage of their accomplishments.

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