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

A Garda stands in the alley off Glasnevin Avenue today where a shooter is believed to have accidentally shot himself in the leg. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

IRELAND

• Two men were hurt – one seriously – in a shooting which went awry in Dublin.
• Hospital doctors are preparing to go on strike over chaotic working hours.
• Peats ‘World of Electronics’ has closed down with immediate effect.
• Bus Éireann is investigating a report that a woman was trapped in a luggage hold of a bus.
• Gardaí are trying to identify the last movements of the man found in a Dublin waste truck.
• A lack of information about the deaths of 53 asylum seekers has been criticised as ‘shambolic’
• Breakaway Fine Gael TDs have been foiled in their attempt to form a Dáil technical group.
• The list of the biggest selling brands in the Irish grocery market has been released.
• The workplace smoking ban hasn’t stopped workers smoking.
• Bomb squads were deployed to Donegal and Dublin after viable explosive devices were found.

INTERNATIONAL

A firefighter at the edge of the wildfire near Yosemite National Park. (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

#SYRIA: John Kerry has warned the Syrian regime that there will be “consequences” for the use of chemical weapons.

#WILDFIRE: Firefighters are battling to contain a wildfire blaze at Yosemite National Park in California. [LA Times]

#PARK AND RIDE: Switzerland’s first sex drive-in opened this evening.

INNOVATION

• Facebook has unveiled shared photo albums to allow multiple user to upload images to the same album. [Mashable]
• Apple’s iPhone 5C doesn’t officially exist yet, but CNET details what’s actually known about the new smartphone. [CNET]
• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says Microsoft is resting on its laurels. Ouch. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 80 years old – but in this interview, she explains why she plans to remain a judge as long as her health and intellect remain strong. [New York Times]

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