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

Mayo and Dublin footballers battle for possession in today's All-Ireland football final. Source: James Crombie/INPHO

IRISH

• The All-Ireland final between Dublin and Mayo ended in a draw.
• The community rallied around the family of a three-year-old girl who died in a car crash yesterday.
• A board member of Nama strongly criticised the report compiled by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) into the sale of some of its assets.
• A teenage boy was arrested after a man was stabbed in the face in Belfast.
• Gardaí in Kerry are investigating an alleged sexual assault at the Bon Secours Hospital in Tralee.

WORLD

Police and firefighters work near to the scene in Manhattan, New York, in the aftermath of the explosion. Source: Andres Kudacki/AP

#GERMANY: Angela Merkel’s party suffered a bruising loss in Berlin elections.

#UNITED STATES: Islamic State took responsibility after eight people were stabbed by an attacker at a shopping mall in Minnesota.

#SPAIN: One person died and 14 others were injured in an explosion at a block of flats in a Spanish seaside resort near Barcelona.

#NEW YORK: 29 people were injured in an “intentional” explosion in a crowded neighbourhood yesterday.

INNOVATION

• Using burst mode on the camera on your smartphone? You should be.
• Coderdojo – the non-profit that has brought coding to kids – turned five yesterday.

PARTING SHOT

So, what’s it like living on the Aran Islands? One Italian photographer decided to find out: