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

A lab-grown meat burger made from Cultured Beef, which has been developed by Professor Mark Post (pictured) of Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Pic: David Parry/PA Wire

IRELAND

• The Dublin Bus strike continued for a second day, with Irish Rail saying there was no indication that its staff would join.
• A man died after a stolen taxi crashed into Dublin’s North Wall Quay this morning.
• Several people sustained injuries and one man was arrested after a brawl at a cemetery between members of the Traveller community in Mullingar yesterday.
• Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the unexplained deaths of a man and a woman in separate locations in the same town in Fermanagh.
• A man in his 60s was arrested after cannabis worth €240,000 was found growing in a house in Wexford.
• The PSNI reopened the investigation into the 1973 murder of Marian Beattie (18) who was found dead in a quarry.
• Over €5 million has been spent on bank guarantee legal advice since 2011.
• A Delta plane flying from Milan to Atlanta had to make an emergency stop at Shannon.

The Irish Transplant Team return triumphant from the World Transplant games, where they won 34 medals in all. Pic: Tony McLean/T. McLean Photography

WORLD

#PHILIPPINES Six people were killed and 26 hurt in a bomb blast in the Philippines, which came after terror threat warnings.

#BRITAIN British police made a settlement with the family of Ian Tomlinson over his death at the 2009 G20 protests.

#TURKEY A Turkish general was jailed for life over an alleged plot to overthrow the country’s government.

#BRITAIN A man in his 80s, believed to be entertainer Rolf Harris, was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences.

#JAPAN Fukushima nuclear plant is facing a new ‘emergency’ due to the build-up of radioactive groundwater, the country’s nuclear watchdog says. [BBC NEWS]

File photo of the Unit 1 reactor building, left, and Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Pic: AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, Pool, File

INNOVATION

• The world’s first lab-made beef burger was unveiled today for its first tastings – and it looks like this.
• Europe’s biggest-ever commercial telecommunications satellite, Alphasat, will begin testing soon. [BBC News]

PARTING SHOT

The Mars Curiosity rover will celebrate one year of life on Mars tomorrow. The New York Times has a slideshow featuring more than 350 images taken by the rover over its past 12 months on the red planet.

And here is what happened yesterday…>

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