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

IRELAND

A candle-lit vigil is held to mark fifth anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar at the GPO today. Niall Carson via PA Images Niall Carson via PA Images

• A man was fatally shot in north Dublin. Gardaí confirmed his identity tonight
• The Irish government said it does not recognise an independent Catalonia
• Two men were arrested after a man was seriously injured in a Limerick stabbing
• All PRSI employees are now entitled to a free scale and polish from their dentist
• A woman was hospitalised after a car and a garda van collided in Waterford city
• European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has been asked to come to Ireland to discuss the European regulator’s role in the tracker mortgage scandal
• An 18-year-old died in a road traffic collision in Co Down early this morning.

WORLD

Two men with a bottle of champagne in hand join the party of the plaza Sant Jaume in the hours after Catalonia declared itself independent. Paco Freire via PA Images Paco Freire via PA Images

#CATALONIA: The self-declared “independent” region urged people to protest peacefully against the Spanish government’s takeover of Catalonia overnight.

#NUCLEAR: The US warned North Korea of a “massive military response” to any use of nuclear weapons as tensions grow ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea.

#WEINSTEIN: UK minister Michael Gove apologised after making a joke about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on a live BBC radio show.

PARTING SHOT

Ever wonder what a bird looks like when it’s sleeping?

Adorable, is the answer, going by this video shared by The Farmers Journal.

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