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

IRISH

Pictured at the launch of the programme for the Dublin Theatre Festival 2016 are Willie White, artistic director,(centre), with PJ Gallagher and Cathy Belton. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Enda Kenny held his first meeting with Theresa May since the former UK Home Secretary took over as Prime Minister earlier this month.
• A Dublin man who raped his nephew’s wife while she was sleeping beside her husband and toddler was sentenced to eight years in prison with the final 12 months suspended.
• Irish jockey Thomas McNamara, better known as JT, died at the age of 41.
• The 12-year-old son of a woman found guilty of child cruelty told a court in a victim impact report he doesn’t believe she did anything wrong.
• The Road Safety Authority issued a stark warning to road users that up to 80 more people may die before the end of this year on Irish roads if current trends continue.
• Hailo is going to become Mytaxi in Ireland after a takeover by the owner of Mercedes.
• A nine-year-old old schoolgirl who cut her forehead when she fell in a Dublin creche was awarded €40,000 in damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
• It was announced that DJ Colm Hayes is leaving RTÉ 2fm after 10 years.
• Photos emerged showing the devastation caused by a massive fire that has gutted Mount Vernon House in Cork.

WORLD

Police officers stand in front of a building during a search operation in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, following an attack on a church that left a priest dead. Francois Mori / AP/Press Association Images Francois Mori / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#FRANCE: An 86-year-old priest was killed in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray by two men who claimed to be acting on behalf of the so-called Islamic State.

#MALAWI: Police arrested a man who said he was hired by families to have sex with more than 100 young women and children, in what was described as ritual cleansing.

#BERLIN: A patient shot a doctor before taking his own life at a Berlin hospital, according to German police.

INNOVATION

• You won’t be paying for your shopping with your phone anytime soon.
• Apple is expected to announce a major milestone tonight.

PARTING SHOT

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Home Alone star Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the classic Christmas movie, took to Facebook to, sort of, recreate one of the movie’s most famous scenes … it involves a tarantula.

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