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

IRISH

A rare, handwritten eye-witness account of the 1916 rising, by Elsie McDermid, a popular Opera Singer of the day. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• TDs clashed over the sale of Aer Lingus.
• IAG boss Willie Walsh said Ireland will benefit hugely from the deal.
• House prices are on the up again.
• A Fianna Fáil TD said Averil Power ‘wasn’t laughed at’.
• Times Newspapers backed down in a legal row with The Irish Times.
• The Vatican said last weekend’s referendum result was “a defeat for humanity”…
• … but an Irish bishop said it “increased the sum of human happiness”.
• Dunnes Stores in Gorey reopened. [RTÉ News]
• The Government considered annual payments for ‘catastrophically injured’ rather than lump sums.
• One of Ireland’s prime retail spots went on the market for €16 million.
• The number of dogs in pounds was revealed.

WORLD

Indonesian Muslim protesters burn a mannequin representing Myanmar's radical Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu during a protest demanding an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingyas in Rakhine State, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Achmad Ibrahim / AP/Press Association Images Achmad Ibrahim / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#FIFA: Seven Fifa officials were arrested at a hotel in Zurich. The case centres on alleged corruption in commercial deals for football tournaments.

#EUROPEAN UNION: Member states may have to take in 40,000 migrants that land in Italy and Greece. [BBC News]

#ISRAEL: A new report accuses Hamas of war crimes. [The Jerusalem Post]

#SINGAPORE: A plane plunged 13,000ft after both engines failed. [Sky News]

#SYRIA: The so-called Islamic State group will leave the ancient ruins in Palmyra alone. [Guardian]

#UNITED KINGDOM: David Cameron’s government confirmed it will hold a referendum on EU membership (and the Queen threw a filthy at him over human rights).

INNOVATION

• An iOS bug lets you crash other iPhones with a single text.
• Google is now answering your questions before you can finish asking them.
• Fetal cells were injected into a man’s brain in a bid to cure his Parkinson’s. [NewScientist]

PARTING SHOT

“Hey Rory, I heard you’re a bit of a golfer, but not as good as my granddad.” – Watch children from Temple Street say good luck to the Irish Open stars. [The42]