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

IRELAND

The scene at an apartment in south Dublin this afternoon were the body of a man in his 30s was discovered Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• Senior gardaí want pay restoration of 16.5% or industrial action could be on the cards
• The bodies of two elderly brothers have been found at a home in Kilmainham in Dublin
• Ireland is one of three countries in the running to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup
• A man accused of raping a friend said he was “sleepwalking” at the time
• An Irish charity has called for the repeal of a ban on people with intellectual disabilities having sexual relationships
• The body of a man was found in a south Dublin flat
• A pregnant teenager jailed for kicking a student in the head has lost her appeal
• A Dublin couple will keep their house after a judge threw out a vulture fund’s repossession case
• A Fine Gael TD has been fined €3,000 for littering with ‘Keep the recovery going’ posters
• The Government is “intensifying” its plans for preparing for Brexit
• Ireland was subject to a truly spectacular sunrise
• Sinn Féin launched its budget proposals – and they involve lots of tax adjustments
• A man in his early 20s has died after his car hit a ditch in Limerick
• It’s unlikely that Irish Army officers will fill in for gardaí in the event of a strike
• Thieves cut the power and stole up to €20,000 from the Cliffs of Moher visitor centre
• Sabina Higgins invited 200 mothers and babies to a breastfeeding morning at Áras an Uachtaráin

WORLD

Maria Sharapova pictured in competition at Wimbledon in July 2015 Adam Davy Adam Davy

#KARDASHIAN: The mayor of Paris has downplayed the robbery of the reality star as “a very rare act”

#TRUMP: A lawsuit claiming Donald Trump raped a 13-year-old girl has been refiled in New York. Meanwhile, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence clash tonight in the battle of the vice presidential nominees

#AUSTRALIA: A paedophile has been deported to Ireland by Australian authorities by mistake 

#HAITI: Thousands have fled their homes as Hurricane Matthew made landfall today

#KATIE HOPKINS: The Council of Europe has slammed an infamous ‘cockroaches’ column by the controversial pundit as “hate speech”

#WIKILEAKS: The online leaking platform is planning to publish a trove of new documents about the US election

#SHARAPOVA: The Russian tennis star has had her two-year doping ban reduced

INNOVATION

• Forget fingerprint scanning, the next password transmission system could be your whole body [Geek]
• Google has a new Virtual Reality headset out – and made of cardboard it is not [Engadget]

PARTING SHOT

Christchurch Cathedral held a service of thanksgiving for Ireland’s therapy dogs today, and many of the canines were in attendance. Well, every dog has his day after all…

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