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

IRELAND

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• Cardinal Seán Brady confirmed he has asked the Pope to accept his resignation.
• A legal challenge to the Permanent TSB bail-out was sent to Europe by the High Court.
• SIPTU announced further train strikes, in addition to those planned for both All-Ireland days.
• A major Irish study shows the long-term economic devastation caused by child sexual abuse.
• Two Gardaí on motorbikes were injured after a crash in Co Sligo earlier today.
• Ratings agency Fitch looks set to upgrade Irish debt.
• Tributes have been paid to Sisters Paula Buckley and Imelda Carew, who drowned in Co Kerry last night.
• A report into a 2011 incident found that Ryanair crew only noticed serious damage to a plane after take-off.
• Nearly 2,000 people in Co Clare were warned not to drink their water this weekend.
• Gardaí arrested a man in Cavan after finding €100,000 worth of drugs in his house.

INTERNATIONAL

Pro-Russian rebels near Krasnodon, eastern Ukraine. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#US: After nearly a week of severe tensions, police in Ferguson, Missouri named the officer who shot dead an unarmed black man last weekend.

#IRAQ: A number of EU countries will be arming Kurdish fighters against Islamic State militants. Ireland is not one of them.

#UKRAINE: Concerns were raised after Russian military vehicles were spotted encroaching on the Ukrainian border.

INNOVATION

• If you’re reading this, and you’re over 50 – read on. A study has found that internet use can help fight off dementia.
• Have you ever wondered why smartphones seem to be constantly getting bigger? Here’s why. [Quartz]

PARTING SHOT

With racially-charged protests and alarmingly high rates of police violence consuming America these days, is it time the media stopped patronising the rest of the world?

Here’s a must-read satirical piece about how journalists would report the shooting of Michael Brown, if the town of Ferguson were in China instead of Missouri. [Vox]