Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Here’s your evening round-up of today’s news.

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

IRELAND

file-photo-childrens-charity-barnardos-has-urged-the-governme Back-to-school season is in swing. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

Carlow is reeling from the “devastating loss” of 33-year-old Irish woman Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, whose body was found in the early hours of yesterday morning on a yacht in Montauk in New York.
A colleague of Gena Heraty, the Irish missionary kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, described her as “an amazing person” who “serves with love, compassion and dignity”.
An Indian nurse in Ireland has spoken out about an alleged attack on her six-year-old daughter by a group of boys who punched her in the face, hit her with a bicycle, told her to “go back to India” and used abusive language in a housing estate in Co Waterford.
Ireland’s tax receipts for the year ending in July came in at €58 billion, up nearly 11% on last year as corporation tax intake increased.
Money that parents have been able to save on back-to-school costs through the government’s free schoolbooks scheme is being swallowed up by the cost of schools requiring students to have electronic devices like a laptop or tablet, according to a new survey of parents.
A 35-year-old has been jailed for three months for a random “unprovoked” attack on a woman while she was jogging in Dublin.
‘The mound’ at Dublin Airport was the place to be this morning as aviation enthusiasts from all over Ireland gathered to watch the landing of the Antonov AN-124, a giant cargo plane.

THE WORLD

massive bridge in italy An artist's impression of a planned bridge to connect Sicily to mainland Italy Stretto di Messina Stretto di Messina

#GAZA 20 people were killed when an aid truck overturned near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.

#HAITI ‘Purge’-like gang violence in Haiti has worsened in recent months, with 1.4 million people internally displaced within the country in crisis.

#ITALY The Italian government is planning to construct a bridge connecting the island of Sicily to to the mainland.

#UK Gary Lineker is taking up a presenting role on a new ITV game show three months after he departed from the BBC.

PARTING SHOT

Heading to Electric Picnic this year?

Organisers have just announced 11 more acts joining the line-up, including Noel and Mike Hogan of the Cranberries performing with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

The full list of new acts is available here.