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

IRELAND

Megan Wilson and May-Ann Nguyen from Canada receiving their results at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. Julien Behal Julien Behal

• The Fine Gael leadership contest kicked off today. Supporters of both Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney have been out in force.
• Finance Minister Michael Noonan announced that he would not be seeking re-election.
• Murder accused Eric Locke was motivated by ‘retribution and revenge’ in the killing of ex-girlfriend, his trial was told.
• LGBT charity Glen is to cease operations amid a controversy about financial mismanagement.
• Parents have expressed concern about a Christian Brothers’ decision to sell a Dublin school’s playing pitches.
• The Dáil has voted to postpone the sale of its stake in AIB this afternoon after government TDs forgot to vote.
• An iconic railway station in Galway which featured in The Quiet Man is at risk of collapsing.
• Concerns have been raised over a fake hotel claiming to exist in south Dublin which is in fact a small house.
• A garda at the Jobstown trial said she genuinely felt she was going to be “crushed” by a crowd of water protesters.

WORLD

The scene at Times Square in New York where one person was killed by a speeding car hitting crowds. SIPA USA / PA Images SIPA USA / PA Images / PA Images

#NEW YORK: One person was killed and 22 were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd at Times Square. The driver has been arrested suspected of drink driving.

#RIP: Musician Chris Cornell died by suicide in Detroit not long after he played a gig with his band Soundgarden.

#TRUMP: US President Donald Trump has called the investigations into his campaign as the “greatest witch hunt” in US history.

PARTING SHOT

US soldier Chelsea Manning, who was convicted and jailed for leaking state secrets, has tweeted a picture of herself after her release from prison. Manning’s sentence was commuted by Barack Obama before he left office.