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

Two of the puppies seized by gardaí at Dublin Port last night. DSPCA DSPCA

IRELAND

• Wreckage of Rescue 116 was recovered but there was no sign of the two missing crew members.
• Scrutiny of An Garda Síochána continued today, with criticism from the former Northern Ireland police ombudsman.
• 14 people were found hidden in the back of a truck at Rosslare port.
• Michael O’Leary said Shane Ross is ‘playing a blinder’ in the bus dispute.
• Six more migrant teens from the Calais camp have arrived in Ireland.
• A man was charged over a seizure of €1.5 million worth of cocaine and cannabis in Artane.
• A new law is aimed at ensuring waiting staff get their tips.
• Dublin drivers have been ranked as the worst in Ireland.
• Gardaí seized more puppies at Dublin Port.

A girl holds a doll retrieved from her damaged house in Mocoa, Colombia, after mudslides. Fernando Vergara Fernando Vergara

WORLD

#COLOMBIA: President Higgins extended his sympathy to those affected by mudslides that killed hundreds.

#ASSAULT: A judge rejected Trump’s defence against a claim he incited violence at a rally.

#LONDON: Six people were arrestedover an assault on a teenager asylum seeker.

#CHICAGO: A boy has been arrested after the sexual assault of a girl was streamed live on Facebook.

#SKYSCRAPER: A large fire broke out near the world’s tallest building in Dubai.

PARTING SHOT

As fighting in Syria that has displaced thousands of families rages on, photojournalist Sergey Ponomarev has shared a number of images which he says show the scale of the country’s loss.

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