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

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IRELAND

• An Irishman became a fighter in Syria after seeing the Isis atrocities
• Shooting victim Martin O’Rourke had been trying to rebuild his life, his fiancée’s father said
• A new campaign is urging Irish people to vote in the Brexit referendum 
• A serious threat to Ireland: super-gonorrhea 
• A Derry nun was among 270 people killed in an Ecuador earthquake
• Mental health funding is to be diverted – a move that has been condemned
• Farmers are concerned over the €40k hill walker judgement
• A Belfast-born man has been freed from a US prison after a 1957 murder charge was overturned
• This weekend’s Luas strike scheduled for this weekend was called off
• Veronica Guerin’s killer Brian Meehan had an application against his conviction rejected
• A Dublin hotel manager was told to ‘return to Africa’ after contracting TB
• Castle Leslie owner Sir John ‘Jack’ Leslie died, aged 99

WORLD

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#BRAZIL The country is in crisis after a vote to impeach President Dilma Rousseff

#TENNESSEE A boy aged 12 was shot dead hours after a memorial for his cousin who was also shot dead

#AUSTRALIA Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have released an awkward video apologising for bringing their dogs to the country.

#LONDON A commercial plane was hit by a drone in London. No one was injured in the incident.

INNOVATION

• A camera that’s just a flexible sheet has been invented:

• What’s it like being a moderator for the Guardian website? It has its highs and lows – but it’s not the worst job in the world, says this man.

PARTING SHOT

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Rainbow bagels were all the rage about a month ago – now rainbow cheese toasties are. They started in Hong Kong, so how long before they end up here?