Need to catch up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

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• Offaly doctor Bernadette Scully was found not guilty of the manslaughter of her daughter, and made a strong statement afterwards.
• Bank of Ireland confirmed that it had overcharged thousands of customers on tracker mortgage accounts.
• A 15-year-old boy was charged with the alleged rape of a teenage girl in a Dublin park.
• Musicians Glen Hansard and Damien Dempsey were part of a group that took over a NAMA building to convert it for use by the homeless.
• Children who said they’d misunderstood a sign advertising “free park and ride” had their Luas fines upheld.
• TD Joan Collins said that the Supreme Court “sided against the Irish people” in rejecting her promissory note appeal.
• Gardaí have appealed for help finding missing Cork teenager, Natasha McNeill.
• The price of property across the country continues to go one way… and it’s not down.

INTERNATIONAL

Evacuated from Aleppo, these civilians now occupy a refugee camp near Idlib. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#MANCHESTER: A huge blaze at a mill in Manchester forced 100 homes to be evacuated.

#FIGHTBACK: Barack Obama has said that the US will hit back at Russia “at a time and place of our choosing”.

#PAIN RELIEF: Nurofen were slapped with a massive fine for false advertising in Australia.

PARTING SHOT

After admitting that he had personally killed people earlier this week, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was defiant addressing his countrymen again today.

“To spare you embarrassment about the crawlers on television that have been running on CNN and even the BBC since yesterday that says Duterte admits killing or shooting the criminals: they were not mistaken,” he said.