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

IRISH

Tayto Park is celebrating the arrival of a brand new litter of eight Corsac Foxes in Ashbourne, Co. Meath. Patrick Bolger Patrick Bolger

• The Government voted to sell Aer Lingus.
• A garda was arrested in connection with leaking details to the media.
• A man was shot dead in Tallaght.
• The former financial regulator said he was “deeply sorry” over the collapse of the banking sector.
• New figures showed 184 allegations of clerical abuse were made last year.
• Irish Water refused to say how many people had paid their bills.
• A crash caused disruption on the M11.
• The ‘gay cake‘ bakery launched an appeal.
• An Irish naval vessel rescued 200 migrants in the Mediterranean.
• One TD said smacking shouldn’t be criminalised.
• The body of missing man Karl O’Toole was located.
• New Blue Flag beaches were announced.

WORLD

Russian border guard veterans with Russian Border guard flags gesture while bathing in a fountain in Moscow's Gorky Park as they celebrate Border Guards Day. Pavel Golovkin / AP/Press Association Images Pavel Golovkin / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#BURUNDI: The EU has withdrawn its election monitoring mission. [BBC News]

#FIFA: The association’s president, Sepp Blatter said corruption has no place in the sport. A range of sponsors threatened to pull their ads.

#RUSSIA: Vladimir Putin signed a decree making certain peacetime deaths of soldiers top secret. [The Washington Post]

#SOUTH KOREA: There are fears the Mers virus may be spreading. [The Korean Herald]

#SYRIA: The so-called Islamic State group hasn’t destroyed Palmyra – instead they’re using its ancient amphitheatre as an execution site.

INNOVATION

• Lenovo revealed a phone that can project a touchscreen.
• Lost memories in mice were recovered with the flash of a flight. [NewScientist]
• Here are all the big announcements of Google’s I/O event.

PARTING SHOT

This alarm clock wakes you up with the smell of coffee and money. [Geek]