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

Street performers run with their donkey over Dublin’s O’Connell Street Bridge as torrential rain falls this morning. Pic: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• Flooding has hit many parts of Dublin and has forced the evacuation of a hospital ground floor.
• Speaking of water, Irish Water says it will create 1,600 jobs with its nationwide metering programme that starts next week.
• The government should not ease up on austerity according to the Central Bank.
• Gardaí are now confident they’ve identified the badly decomposed body found in a derelict Phibsboro house.
• A man has died following a road crash in Wexford.
• Michael Lowry believes Revenue leaked details of the search on his home last Tuesday.
• There’s been an upsurge in emails sent to people seeking their Permanent TSB bank details.
• Drivers at Dublin Bus have voted to go on strike.
• James Reilly wants to make Ireland smoke-free by 2025.
• Sinn Féin is going to support the abolition of the Seanad.
• Labour has lost another councillor who has accused the party of lacking a backbone.
• Ireland’s most popular tourist attractions have been revealed.
• A fresh appeal has been issued for Deirdre Jacob, a Kildare woman who has been missing for 15 years.

WORLD

Pic: AP Photo/Tony Dejak

#OHIO: Ariel Castro (above), who kept three women as sex slaves for a decade, has been sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison.

#SPAIN: The driver of the train which derailed in the north of the country earlier this week, killing 78 people, is not answering police questions.

#SEX OFFENCES: Former broadcaster Stuart Hall’s 15-month sentence for indecent assaults was too lenient and has now been doubled by a court in London.

#DSK: The former head of the IMF, Dominque Strauss Kahn will face trial on pimping charges in Lille, French prosecutors have said.

INNOVATION

• With strong demand for Galaxy and falling iPhone sales, Samsung is now the world’s most profitable mobile phone maker [The Guardian]
• If you were blown away by Google’s Chromecast dongle that allows you to stream content over your TV then prepare to be disappointed. [Business Insider]

PARTING SHOT

Have you any idea whose false teeth these are?

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