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

IRELAND

• Joan Burton says a family of four will pay less than €200 in water charges.
• Ian Bailey jury warned not to ‘engage in any research on the internet’.
• Revenue discovered an oil laundering plant that could have cost the State €10m a year.
• Exchequer figures show a €2 billion difference between now and this time last year.
• Report finds IMF ‘did not sufficiently tailor advice to countries during the crisis’.
• The critical report into how gardaí dealt with serious crimes is being looked into.
• 19-year-old Christopher Moore is missing from Mullingar.
• Some Irish Rail passengers were left in limbo for a second night in a row.
• Ireland has donated a further €2 million to South Sudan.
• John Tierney took the media on a bizarre tour around a water treatment plant today.

INTERNATIONAL

Sam, the dog of Sandy Greenfield, left, wears an I voted sticker after Greenfield cast her ballot during elections AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#AMERICA: It’s D-Day for Obama as the polls have opened and it looks likely the Democrats could lose the Senate.

#ENGLAND: Police search for two men dressed in pink tutus who beat men in homophobic attack.

#IRAN: A young woman was jailed for a year after trying to attend a volleyball match.

INNOVATION

• The Dublin Web Summit started today and the largest tech event in Europe had WiFi trouble in what was described as ‘The most Irish thing ever‘. 
• These tech giants want to launch you into space.

PARTING SHOT 

Accidental internet fame can happen while you’re at work like this guy #Alexfromtarget.

Or do you recognise this child known as ‘Success Kid’:

Laney Griner / Flickr Laney Griner / Flickr / Flickr

He’s Sam Griner and he turns 8 this year.

But what happens when you accidentally become internet famous? It’s can all be a bit confusing…

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