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

IRELAND

Dancer Rachel Ní Bhraonáin whose show Losing Your Body, is pictured in IMMA at the launched of Dublin Fringe Festival 2019 programme of events. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• The High Court has ruled that nobody can be granted Irish citizenship if they have spent a single day outside the country in the past year.
• A man in his 50s died after he was involved in a crash in Meath.
• Health Minister Simon Harris announced a radical restructuring of the delivery of healthcare services with the establishment of six regional health regions.
• A Limerick man has been sent forward for trial after an alleged sex assault against a child in a a Dunnes Stores toilet.
• A woman was hospitalised for six days after she was bitten by a Noble False Black Widow spider.
• A 42-year-old man is to stand trial accused of racially abusing and attacking a taxi driver in Dublin after a video of the alleged incident went viral online.
• Homeowners who use excess amounts of water could face charges of up to €500 after the Commission for Regulation of Utilities today approved  water conservation proposals from Irish Water.
• YouTube terminated the accounts of former Irish Independent journalist and recent European election candidate Gemma O’Doherty for violating its policies on hate speech and harassment.

INTERNATIONAL

In this courtroom sketch, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, foreground right, reads a statement through an interpreter during his sentencing in federal court. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#EL CHAPO: One of the world’s most notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been jailed for life – the mandatory sentence for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century.

#TRUMP: The US House of Representatives has voted to formally condemn Donald Trump for his attacks on four Democratic congresswomen, describing his tweets as racist.

#EBOLA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern,” a rare designation only used for the gravest epidemics.

PARTING SHOT

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