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

Street performers on Suffolk Street in Dublin today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

IRELAND

• A man died in a road accident in Cootehill, Co Cavan
• Dublin Zoo is undertaking an internal review after a child was seen standing inside a rhino enclosure
• An Irish woman was seriously injured in China and her friends are raising money to help her parents visit
• Irish Water is warning people not to open scam emails
• The Mrs Brown’s Boys movie sequel has been delayed due to Brexit
• An Irish woman was the victim of a random attack in Avignon in France
• Ireland’s top tourist attractions were named
• A man was charged with stealing a car which had a young girl in the back seat in Cavan

WORLD

Protesters against police brutality, organised by the group Million March NYC, gather in City Hall Park in New York today. They say they will occupy the park until Mayor Bill de Blasio meets their demands, including firing NYPD Commissioner William Bratton and compensation to victims of police brutality. Bebeto Matthews Bebeto Matthews

#SYRIA Five people are dead after a Russian military helicopter was shot down in Syria.

#BRAZIL Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law was rescued from kidnappers after a week in captivity.

#LONDON A man who nearly decapitated a commuter during an Islamic State-inspired attack at a Tube station has been jailed for life.

#UK The debut record by Viola Beach is headed to the top of the charts, months after their tragic deaths.

#USA John McCain has blasted Donald Trump over his treatment of parents who lost their son in Iraq.

INNOVATION

• It was inevitable, really – Pokémon Go has led to romance blooming. Here’s how one dater got on. [The Guardian]
• Fancy getting the new Samsung tablet? Here’s our review.

PARTING SHOT

What’s the most boring job you’ve done? The BBC asked its readers, and here’s what they had to say – jobs included filling pork pies with jelly, testing the temperature of peas and squeezing milk bottles. [BBC]

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