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

IRISH 

A protest over pay by the Garda Representative Association outside Leinster house earlier this evening Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Minister for Health Simon Harris has apologised to Amanda Mellet in the Dáil. 
• A Donegal woman has been killed in a crash in Spain. 
• Five new trustees have been appointed to the board of under-fire charity Console. 
• Ikea dressers that tipped onto children in the United States will not be recalled in Ireland. 
• A glitch from the Bank of Ireland has seen a delay in some customers receiving their wages. 
• FM104 and Q102 are set to become part of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. 
• Gardaí have staged a protest at the gates of the Dáil in a protest over pay. 
• The AA is set to offload its Irish operation for almost €157 million. 
• Almost 90 jobs are set to be lost after the closure of the Imperial Tobacco Limited tobacco factory in Mullingar. 

WORLD 

Artist Jamie Wardly putting finishing touches to a life-size sand sculpture in Fife, Scotland. It is to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme Andrew Milligan / PA Wire Andrew Milligan / PA Wire / PA Wire

#DENMARK: The country has begun using a controversial new law that allows it to confiscate valuables from asylum seekers.

#UK: Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson stunned everyone earlier today when he announced he would not contest the leadership of the Conservative party. 

INNOVATION 

• Parallel parking is anything but easy. Looking to make it easier, an inventor has come up with these wheels that sort of move sideways. 
• Some bands like to ask their fans not to use their cameras during gigs. Well, now Apple has filed a patent for software that could stop it happening automatically. 

PARTING SHOT 

Last month Kathy Ryan wrote for TheJournal.ie about the experience of being diagnosed with dementia in her fifties. Now she wants people to get involved and sign a petition to raise the profile of the condition.