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

IRELAND

Myles Joyce (Maolra Seoighe), who was pardoned by President Michael D Higgins this afternoon, as depicted in a new documentary about the Mám Trasna murders in 1882 TG4 TG4

• One of the men hanged for the infamous Mám Trasna murders was pardoned by President Higgins.
• The government announced that fodder will have to be imported following months of difficult farming conditions.
• Gardaí are unsure if a member of the Hutch family who survived an alleged assassination attempt in Ireland was targeted by gunmen in Turkey.
• Opposition TDs said sexual health education should not be outsourced to outside agencies, such as Catholic groups.
• Three males were arrested following a car chase during which two garda patrol cars were hit near Castlebar in Co Mayo.
• More details emerged about an alleged data breach at Independent News and Media.
• An Irishman who was struck by a Canadian police vehicle last month remains in a serious condition.
• Irish Water was fined €6,000 for delaying works needed to reduce cancer-linked pollution levels in Co Donegal.
• Ex-Siptu boss Jack O’Connor was selected to represent Labour in Wicklow in the next general election.
• Low-cost airline Norwegian announced plans to suspend flights from Cork and Shannon to Boston-Providence for the winter months “due to lower demand”.

WORLD

Palestinian men use slingshots to throw stones during clashes with Israeli forces at the Israel-Gaza border today AFP / Getty Images AFP / Getty Images / Getty Images

#LONDON: Police renewed their appeal for information after a 17-year-old girl was shot dead in Tottenham.

#SYRIA: President Donald Trump said he expects to decide “very quickly” whether to remove US troops from war-torn Syria.

#RUSSIA: Russia and Britain traded accusations at a tense meeting of the world’s chemical weapons watchdog, as Moscow accused British and US secret services of being behind the poisoning of a former Russian former double agent.

#US: Facebook said it believes up to 87 million people’s data was improperly shared with the political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica.

PARTING SHOT

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To mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination, Time has spoken to 10 historians about what people still don’t know about Martin Luther King Jr.