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

IRELAND

A woman walks her dogs in a field near where the body of a male was discovered outside Ballyboughal in Co Dublin. Eamonn Farrell via RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell via RollingNews.ie

• Gardaí in north Dublin launched a murder investigation after a man’s body was found in a ditch
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he wants to ‘build bridges not borders’ after meeting with leaders in Northern Ireland ahead of Belfast Pride. He was also asked about the Eighth Amendment at a talk at Queen’s University
• Thomas Martens testified that he hit Jason Corbett multiple times with an aluminum bat because he felt he was going to kill his daughter
• There are over 2,800 children homeless in Ireland, the latest figures show
• Gardaí said a shooting at a housing estate in Stamullen Co Meath is not gangland-related and that the victim was not known to gardaí before the incident
• A public hospital apologised to the family of a critically ill patient who was mistakenly given mouthwash to drink instead of water
• Drivers were warned that if they’re caught for minor road offences, they will also be breathalysed for drink driving
• An investigation was launched after an alleged sexual assault in a nightclub in north Dublin last weekend.

WORLD

Father Ted mini-figures on display at the BrickLive event for Lego fans at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast. Niall Carson via PA Images Niall Carson via PA Images

#WHITE HOUSE HOLES: Jeff Sessions vowed to crackdown on people revealing classified or sensitive national security information and threatened to jail leakers.

#AUSTRALIA: A senior Islamic State commander directed a group of Australian men to build a bomb destined for an Etihad Airways flight out of Sydney.

#MARCUS HUTCHINS: The hacker who thwarted the ‘WannaCry’ ransomware onslaught is in US custody after being charged of creating malware to attack banks.

#SWITZERLAND: A plane crashed at a Swiss summer camp, killing two 14-year-old campers and the pilot.

PARTING SHOT

This video is worth the watch.

It follows a rhino charging at traffic as cars reverse and turn around, while an Indian couple in the car commentate with Hank Marvin playing on the radio.

Happy Friday.

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