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

IRELAND

Designs for a totally pedestrianised College Green were unveiled today. Source: Leah Farrell

• Two men - one Algerian and one Moroccan – were arrested for terror offences in Dublin.
• A man went on trial for the murder of mother-of-one Sonia Blount in Tallaght in 2013.
• Ireland is the fastest growing economy in Europe for the fourth year running.
• A centre which caters for people with disabilities had €1,500 worth of damage caused by vandals in Cork.
• The Irish Pharmacy Union wants all drugs for personal use to be legalised here.
• A Defence Forces whistleblower has made a protected disclosure alleging that a number of children of Air Corps workers have died as a result of being exposed to toxic chemicals at Baldonnel Airfield.
• A man died after falling from a height at Blarney Castle.
• A playground in Limerick was destroyed after a prank went wrong in Moyross.
• The Jobstown trial has heard that rocks were among some of the “missiles” being thrown at the car.

WORLD

#USA: An unmanned spaceship which spent the past two years orbiting Earth in a secret mission has landed in the US.

#ENGLAND: Ched Evans, who had his conviction for rape overturned on appeal, has been resigned by his former club Sheffield United. 

#AFGHANISTAN: The head of ISIS in Afghanistan has been killed, US and Afghan officials said.

PARTING SHOT

Mondays can be tough. They can be especially tough when it’s a gloriously sunny day out there.

But then you realise something: the internet has funny dog videos. So, the world might, at times, seems like an awful place but then there are videos like this which come along and make you happy.

Enjoy!