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

Pic: RTÉ

IRISH

• President Michael D Higgins has signed the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill into law with mixed reaction to his decision.
• Details of the post mortems on two young brothers found dead in Mayo yesterday will not be released.
• There have been tributes paid to RTÉ broadcaster Colm Murray (above) following his death today. Here’s the station’s moving tribute.
• The death of a young man in a Waterford garda station is being investigated by the ombudsman.
• A 10-year-old boy has died after a farm accident in Co Down.
• The parents of a Dubliner killed in a Melbourne attack last year have told an Australian court of their heartbreak.
• The MacGill summer school has heard from two government backbenchers today, neither of whom seem happy with the status quo.
• Meanwhile, one new political party promises to deliver anything but the status quo.
• Following extensive flooding last week, the restoration of Letterkenny Hospital could take months.
• Fine Gael is ramping up its campaign to abolish the Seanad, claiming it could save €20 million a year.
• Swimmers in Clare are being warned not swim with Dusty the Dolphin.
• Disney is among the companies planning to turn Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl books into films.

WORLD

Pic: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

#WIKILEAKS: US Army private Bradley Manning has been found not guilty of aiding and abetting the enemy but guilty of other charges meaning he likely faces life in prison.

#SPAIN: The driver of the train which derailed, killing 79 people, last week was on the phone at the time of the accident it has emerged.

#NORWAY: Mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik has applied to study political science at the University of Oslo.

#MIDDLE EAST: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will aim to reach a final agreement on peace over the next nine months, the US has said. [BBC]

INNOVATION

• Vice magazine reporter Tim Pool used Google Glass to cover the recent protests in Istanbul. Here’s how he got on. [The Guardian]
• This fantastic infographic from Eamonn Bell shows us how TDs in Ireland tweet.

PARTING SHOT

You may not have heard of the US village of Kivalina but you’d better read up on it now because it’s set to disappear under water. [BBC]

Here’s what happened yesterday >

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