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

The Citizenship Ceremony held in the Convention Centre Dublin with some 3,350 candidates originating from over 120 countries in attendance. Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• The former Labour leader and Tánaiste gave evidence at a trial of a 17-year-old boy charged in connection with the Jobstown water charges protest.
• Fianna Fáil said that it will not support a Sinn Féin Dáil motion to scrap water charges.
• The National Bus and Rail Union said that requests for Dublin Bus workers to cancel a strike on the day of the All-Ireland replay were ‘insulting’.
• A pharmaceutical company announced it would be creating 500 full-time jobs, plus 800 construction jobs in Cork.
• A review of operations at Oberstown Detention facility was announced.

WORLD

Rahela Sidiqi, a trustee of Women for Refugee Women, in Parliament Square in London which has been transformed into a 'graveyard of lifejackets' using 2,500 lifejackets worn by refugees crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Chios. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#SYRIA: A temporary ceasefire ended in Syria, with reports of “non-stop” bombardment in the ruined city of Aleppo.

#UNITED STATES: The man suspected in a bombing in New York on Saturday which injured 29 people was arrested after a shootout with police.

#ENGLAND: Ex-England footballer Paul Gascoigne was fined £1,000 (€1,168) after pleading guilty to racially-aggravated offence.

INNOVATION

• Twitter has eased up on its strict 140 character limit with some interesting new features (via thenextweb.com).
• Chatbots (software programmed to interact with humans) are hot property in Silicon Valley. Here’s why (via The Guardian).

PARTING SHOT

Ever wondered what Donald Trump will be like as president? Well, The New Yorker has imagined his first term.

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