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

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IRISH

• The Catholic Church said a decision hasn’t been made yet on whether priests will still carry out the civil aspects of marriage if the referendum is passed.
• The Tánaiste said No posters about surrogacy were ‘sad and demeaning’.
• A motorcade escorted the body of  Aidan Lynam home to Dublin.
• Irish troops were not injured in an attack on the Golan Heights.
• A pedestrian was killed in a road crash in Cork.
• It was revealed that a loophole in the law is allowing prisoners serve shorter terms.
• The oldest gay bar in Ireland announced that it was closing.
• Paint bombs were thrown at Martin McGuinness’s home.
• Tony Fenton‘s voice was heard on Irish airwaves one last time, in an interview with Bono.

WORLD

Funchu Tamang, who believes himself to be 101 years old, recounts how he suffered injuries in late April's earthquake at a makeshift hospital in Bidur, Nuwakot District, Nepal. Wally Santana / AP/Press Association Images Wally Santana / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#UNITED STATES: Two men were shot dead in an attack on a conference featuring cartoons of Muhammed.

#GERMANY: Angela Merkel came under pressure to release details of a list of potential spying targets. [Der Spiegal]

#ISRAEL: There were calls to combat racism after riots by the Ethiopian-Israeli community. [Jerusalem Post]

#MEDITERRANEAN: It was revealed that 5,800 migrants have been rescued this weekend alone. [Sky News]

#UNITED KINGDOM: A baby born recently was named.

INNOVATION

• This is what your living room could look like with Microsoft HoloLens.
• Scientists have created an out-of-body illusion. [Geek.com]
• Here’s why human gene editing matters. [NewScientist]

PARTING SHOT

The CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina, launched her US presidential election campaign today… but she forgot to register one particular domain, CarlyFiorina.org. It is now filled with 30,000 sad faces.