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

Ashling Merriman from Naas and members of the Still Waiting Campaign hold a vigil outside Naas Hospital in County Kildare. Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

IRELAND

• A man killed in a hit-and-run in Tallaght was named as Stephen Lynch.
• Two men were arrested in Manchester after a young Irish man was found dead.
• Workers at a cigar factory in Roscommon were told they’re facing redundancy.
• A teenager was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Meath.
• Tributes were paid to a woman who died in Lough Erne while on family holiday.
• Former British soldiers rallied in Belfast against the prosecution of retired officers for killings related to the Troubles.
• Someone has been putting up strange anti-cycling posters around Howth.
• Dublin Fire Brigade and Louth Fire Service have been battling gorse fires.
• Eventbrite said it’s stumping up for GamerCon refunds, but the event’s founder said this is not the case.

WORLD

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#JERUSALEM: A British tourist was stabbed to death while travelling on a train.

#AFGHANISTAN: A massive US bomb killed 36 IS fighters and destroyed a deep tunnel complex.

#TENSION: China warned conflict could break out at any moment over North Korea.

#RIP: George Lucas paid tribute to Carrie Fisher as he marked the 40th anniversary of Star Wars.

PARTING SHOT

A driver in Chicago got more than he bargained for when a friendly little woodpecker hitched a ride on his car recently.

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