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

IRELAND

The funeral mass for the late McCarthy brothers was held at Emmaus Chapel in Deaf Village Ireland in Cabra this morning. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• A young woman in her 20s has died in a road crash in Westmeath and two other women are in a serious condition.
• The funeral mass of the two brothers whose bodies were found in a Dublin house this week took place in Cabra this morning.
• A man was stabbed in Waterford City in the early hours of this morning.
• Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in finding 27-year-old Patrick Kane missing from Galway.
• Actor Liam Cunningham has called for Ireland to do more to help the millions displaced by the war in Syria, saying our record to date has been “shameful”.
• Danny Healy-Rae invited Leonardo DiCaprio to run for public office in Kerry when responding to claims the actor made about climate change.
• Celine Dion sent her best wishes as Pat Kenny picked up a Lifetime Achievement award as the IFTAs.

INTERNATIONAL

A still from the leaked video. Left to right: Billy Bush, Donald Trump, Arianne Zucker Washington Post Washington Post

#US: Trump has been forced to apologise over comments he made about groping women in 2005.

#ATTACK: The UKIP MEP who ended up in hospital after a row with a colleague has released a statement saying his injuries support his claim that he was attacked.

#CHEMNITZ: German police found several hundred grams of explosives in an apartment of a wanted Syrian man who is suspected of preparing a bomb attack.

INNOVATION

• Your iPhone now has a hidden magnifying mode that you can use.
• Mark Zuckerberg’s VR selfie is a bigger deal than you realise. [Wired.com]

PARTING SHOT

Can you pick a winner? These incredible animal portraits are competing for National Geographic fame.