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

IRELAND

Ella Taylor from Scoil Mhuire nGael, Dundalk, Louth, pictured with her winning design poster, pictured at the Annual ‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ and ‘Hi-Glo Silver’ Awards Ceremony. Robbie Reynolds Robbie Reynolds

• Gardaí arrested a suspected hitman who had travelled from Estonia to kill members of the Hutch gang.
• A murder investigation was launched in Kerry after a pensioner died in suspicious circumstances.
• There was a slight breakthrough in the Bus Éireann dispute as management and unions agreed to meet for talks. 
• A married couple from Armagh who sexually abused a woman with learning disabilities over an eight-year period were jailed.
• The head of the Road Safety Authority welcomed the news that the Garda Traffic Corps is to be reformed.
• The Bishop of Waterford has backed calls for an inquiry into the actions of convicted paedophile Bill Kenneally.
• A young mother has avoided jail after she went on “massive spending spree” after a bank accidentally deposited €51,000 into her bank account.

WORLD

A child is treated following a suspected chemical attack in Syria. Depo Photos / ABACA Depo Photos / ABACA / ABACA

#SYRIA  At least 58 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in north-western Syria.

#RUSSIA: The number of people who were killed in a terror attack in St Petersburg yesterday has risen to 14.

#CANADA A drunk pilot who passed out in the cockpit of his plane before take-off has been jailed for eight months.

PARTING SHOT

Irish television can be hit and miss. But sometimes there are moments where you just have to applaud our national broadcaster even if you can’t believe what you’re watching.

On RTÉ’s Big Week On The Farm, Barry John Crowe beat the Guinness World Record for the most sausages made in a minute, the Daily Edge reports. All the sausages had to be four inches long, and any broken or otherwise ‘tainted’ sausages will be discounted. The record was 60… Barry John got a whopping 78.

You can watch the video in all its glory here.