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

IRELAND

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• The court heard today that Graham Dwyer sent letter to wife saying: “Do not believe the gardaí”
• Two ministers were blocked from leaving a Dublin school by water protesters. 
• The organs of Derry woman Lisa Orsi will be donated after tests reveal the 22-year-old has no brain activity.
• The mother of a Cork toddler has thanked Cork University Hospital for saving the life of her daughter who has rare diabetes.
• A 90-year-old man said he was ignored as he lay injured on a Cork street.
• Two men were arrested after drugs were found – hidden in the lining of a suitcase – in a morning raid in Dublin. 
• A Lotto winner has revealed that she plans to get the ‘guy from the telly’ Dermot Bannon to do up her home

INTERNATIONAL

#COLLAPSE: A New York building has partially collapsed on Manhattan’s west side.

#NAVY: A former US Marine has been convicted for the deaths of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man at a shooting range two years ago.

#AUSTRALIA: Three men chose to have their arms “amputated” to get robotic replacements.

#MARIJUANA: Jamaica has legalised ‘ganja’ (no, it wasn’t always legit).

#REALLY COLD: This is what Manhattan looks like surrounded by ice.

INNOVATION

• Reddit has put its foot down on revenge porn and stolen nude pics by banning all sexual imagery posted without consent. [TheJournal.ie]
• Did you know we’re getting an Irish tricolour Emoji? [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Astronauts performed a seven hour spacewalk on ISS today. [TheJournal.ie]