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

IRELAND

• A man is in a critical condition is the Mater Hospital after being shot in the head in Finglas this afternoon.
• The counts and recounts are still ongoing with eight seats still to be filled.
• They’re still slugging it out in Dublin Bay North but Averil’s not throwing in the towel.
• A man his 50s died in a single-vehicle crash in Cork.
• A Laois resident who anally raped a pregnant woman as she slept following a night out has been jailed for seven and a half years.
• A 22-year-old asylum seeker who raped a woman in Waterford city has been jailed for five years.
• The State is taking a €35 million punt on a huge new wind energy venture.
• Batches of Weetabix Oatabix flakes have been recalled after pieces of rubber were found in a batch.
• This massive €223m holiday resort is on its way to Longford.
• There’s snow in some parts of the country – but it is getting warmer.

INTERNATIONAL

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#CALAIS: Children have been treated for tear gas exposure as the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp gets bulldozed.

#MALTA: A British man has died after collapsing just 50 yards from the finishing line of a half marathon race.

#CHINA: A man stabbed ten schoolchildren, severely injuring two of them, before taking his own life.

#MOSCOW: A woman has been arrested after appearing in public holding what appeared to be a child’s head.

INNOVATION

• The new way US tech giants are going to handle your data is almost in place.
• You could use Facebook to figure out your friends’ sleeping patterns.

PARTING SHOT

These adorable stray dogs from Sao Paulo have been trained to be ball dogs – fetching the tennis ball between points for the players and the world has fallen in love with them.