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

Tipperary’s Brendan Maher and Padraic Maher with Colin Fennelly of Kilkenny James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

IRELAND

• The opposition said McNulty-gate was becoming ‘shabbier by the day’.
• A toddler died after being hit by a van in Donegal.
• A 27-year-old was hit by a truck in Limerick, and an unknown person died in a single-vehicle crash in Mayo.
• A Government TD said he regretted a scuffle with a by-election candidate.
• The Irish Family Planning Association blamed the State for the ‘shambles’ of Ireland’s abortion law.
• Olli Rehn will consider attending the Banking Inquiry.
• A fourth man appeared in court over a multi-million euro cocaine seizure.
• An Irishman died in a road traffic collision in Australia. [RTÉ News]
• Kilkenny beat Tipperary to win the All-Ireland senior hurling final replay.

INTERNATIONAL

A Liberian child sells oranges as journalists gather at the site where a team or U.S. Navy engineers prepares the ground for a 25-bed medical facility for Ebola they are building next to the airport in Monrovia. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#INDIA: A top politician was jailed for corruption. [BBC News]

#IRAQ: British warplanes flew their first mission over Iraq, but didn’t carry out any strikes on Islamic State jihadists.

#JAPAN: Dozens have been injured after Mount Ontake erupted.

#SPAIN: Catalonia defied Madrid’s orders and formally announced an independence referendum.

#UNITED KINGDOM: Something in tomorrow’s papers prompted a minister to suddenly resign.

INNOVATION

• Facebook is testing a feature that automatically makes slideshows of your trips. [TNW]
• A lamp that lights up when moved has been developed using bacteria from an octopus. [Wired]
• A new study has found that up to half of Earth’s water is older than the sun. [NewScientist]

PARTING SHOT

Ireland’s “delightfully 19th century” system of postcodes has made the headlines abroad. [Quartz]