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

IRELAND

Pupils from Newtown National School attend UL's Festival of Science workshop today. Alan Place Alan Place

• Bob Geldof gave back his Freedom of Dublin award, and described it as a PR stunt to draw attention to the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar.
• The government came under fire to say if it knew that then-Garda Commissioner’s legal team would try to discredit Maurice McCabe at the O’Higgins Commission.
• The government’s top housing advisor has said that “homelessness is a normal thing”.
• A two-day-old baby died after a doctor attempting to insert a chest drain penetrated her heart with plastic tubing, an inquest heard.
• A music teacher with over 1,300 child pornography pictures avoids jail.
• A 35-year-old man was charged with the murder of his wife Anne Colomines.
• A US rock band cancelled their Dublin show after sexual misconduct claims.
• The family of Eimear Noonan has paid tribute after the body of the missing Irish woman was found in France.
• Gardaí launched a murder investigation after the death of a 20-year-old man in Tallaght.
• Minister for Health Simon Harris said the €60 price tag to see a GP is too expensive.
• A mother pleaded for help after her seven-year-old son was expelled for trying to strange a principal with a tie.

INTERNATIONAL

Rough seas along Tynemouth Londsands in the north-east of England Owen Humphreys / PA Images Owen Humphreys / PA Images / PA Images

#REPUBLICANS: A top US republican has said Roy Moore should drop out of the race amid claims Moore pursued romantic relationships with teenage girls.

#INDONESIA: A museum has removed a ‘fun’ Hitler display after protests.

#OUT OF THE BAG: A stray cat is a suspect in a Japanese attempted murder case after a pensioner was found covered in blood.

PARTING SHOT

After a career spanning three decades, Aengus Mac Grianna has announced that he is leaving RTÉ.

He said: “I have been privileged to have had the opportunity to work in the organisation and I will miss the colleagues and friends that I have made throughout the years.”

TheDailyEdge has compiled some of Mac Grianna’s finest moments, both in on and off-camera.

Best of luck with the next step, Aengus.

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