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

A member of Republican Sinn Féin during a parade down O'Connell Street this afternoon. Sam Boal Sam Boal

IRELAND

• We still don’t have a government – but the two parties are talking. 
• Sinn Féin held its Ard Fheis in Dublin.
• A cyclist was killed in a collision in Louth.
• Members of Republican Sinn Féin marched down O’Connell Street.
• Oliver Callan tore into the political elite on the Late Late.
• A conference heard of violent assaults on social welfare staff.
• Two people were arrested in Cork after a gun was found in their car.
• A copy of the Irish Proclamation was sold for €150,000.
• Dana White confirmed Conor McGregor still won’t be part of UFC 200.

WORLD

Refugee children standing behind a fence at a camp in Turkey which was visited by Angela Merkel today. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP/PA Lefteris Pitarakis / AP/PA / AP/PA

#UNITED STATES: 14 people were killed in two separate shooting rampages.

#TURKEY: Angela Merkel and some EU officials visited a refugee camp. [BBC]

#ENGLAND: The US President and First Lady visited Kensington Palace and met Prince George.

#SAN DIEGO: A three-day-old boy was mauled to death by a family dog.

#SECURITY: North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine. [Associated Press]

INNOVATION

• Facebook is changing its algorithm AGAIN. [The Guardian]
• Snapchat added a new ‘Purple Rain’ filter to honour Prince. [Mashable]

PARTING SHOT

Today marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and this review by George Bernard Shaw shows not even one of the world’s greatest writers was immune to the sharp tongue of critics.

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