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

A Syrian army soldier walks the streets in Damascus. (AP Photo)

IRELAND

• A woman has been charged with the murder of an Irish man in Florida.
• There were two earthquakes in the Irish Sea this morning.
• A man was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Donegal overnight.
• A US citizen had to ‘drop rape charges’ so she could stay in Ireland.
• Priory Hall residents have stopped making mortgage repayments.
• A TD has asked the Oireachtas to question Ryanair on its safety record.
• Bill O’Herlihy says FF and FG should considering going into coalition.
• Mayo are through to their second All-Ireland football final in a row after beating Tyrone.

INTERNATIONAL

Photojournalists with black bands around their mouths participate in a protest over the gang rape of a photographer in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Anipam Nath)

#SYRIA: The UN will start an investigation tomorrow into whether chemical weapons were used in Syria.

#INDIA: Police in India have arrested a fifth man suspected of the gang-rape of a photographer.

#VIRUS: A Saudi man has died of the MERS virus, bringing the death toll to 41.

#BOXING: Mike Tyson has said he is close to death from his ongoing drug and alcohol problems.

INNOVATION

• Apple has changed the rankings in its App Store to take user ratings into account. [Mashable]
• Boeing has rolled out a more advanced version of its Dreamliner airplane [CNET]

PARTING SHOT

Writer Nicholas Carlson has published this gigantic – but worth it – 22,000-word profile of Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer. Worth a read.[Business Insider]

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