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

IRISH

Pic: James Horan/Photocall Ireland

• Pat Kenny is leaving RTÉ to join Newstalk, but it’s not about the money, and these people don’t care.
• The father of Eoghan and Ruairí Chada is being questioned over their deaths this week.
• In a previously unpublished chapter, the Mahon Tribunal has reported that Frank Dunlop made corrupt payments to several councillors.
• A man has been jailed for 20 years for his role in the manslaughter of teenager Melanie McCarthy-McNamara last year. [RTÉ]
• Minister of State Kathleen Lynch has been hospitalised.
• A woman has taken a case to the High Court over the HSE’s refusal to facilitate her home birth.
• The numbers on the Live Register fell by over 3,000 in July.
• James Reilly hopes to put consultants’ waiting lists, and morbidity and mortality rates online
• Nearly 170 gardaí were found to be in breach of discipline last year.
• Over 40,000 homeowners in arrears could have their properties repossessed.
• In an unusual and perhaps welcome twist an Irish recruitment firm is off to Australia to entice emigrants to come home.
• A judge has deferred verdict in the sentencing of Wicklow County Council over the death of two firemen six years ago.
• More flash flooding is likely over the next 24 hours.

WORLD

Pic: AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

#ZIMBABWE: High turnout is being reported as Zimbabweans go to the polls in a hotly contested election between president Robert Mugabe (above) and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

#EGYPT: The military-backed government has ordered an end to sit-ins by supporters of the ousted Mohamed Morsi in Cairo. [BBC]

#UK: A mother and stepfather have been found guilty of murder after they starved and beat their four-year-old son to death. [Sky News]

#SURVEILLANCE: New disclosures about the US’ vast surveillance programmes have revealed how the NSA is able to track online activity of millions of individuals using one programme. [The Guardian]

INNOVATION

• Over a year after its debut on the stock market, Facebook is close to hitting its original share price of €38. [Chicago Tribune]
• Google Glass isn’t even on sale to the wider public but authorities in the UK are already looking to clamp down on its use on the road. [The Stuff]

PARTING SHOT

The controversy surrounding New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his sexting habits rumbles on with his campaign spokesperson using some rather nasty language to describe a former campaign intern who spilled the beans. The spokesperson thought she was off the record. She wasn’t. [Talking Points Memo]