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

Jack and Jill nurses Caroline Thomas and Edelle Monaghan pose with Andy Thomas and his two-year-old son Cian at a family fun day Peter Houlihan / Fennells Peter Houlihan / Fennells / Fennells

IRELAND

• Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has discussed how Ireland’s asylum system could be streamlined. 
• Mick Wallace has been calling for an investigation into Nama’s Northern Ireland property deal. 
• A new international survey has found that immigrants into Ireland are better educated than the native-born population. 
• Former Fianna Fáil education minister Mary Hanafin has warned against increased pensions for former government ministers. 
• Gardaí have been investigating a ‘vigilante attack on Roma’ in Wexford. 
• Doctor’s assistants without a medical background are being hired at Beaumont Hospital. 
• Families have been locked out of a community garden in south Dublin by the local parish. 

INTERNATIONAL

Supporters of the 'No' vote in the Greek referendum celebrate their projected victory this evening. Petros Giannakouris / AP/Press Association Images Petros Giannakouris / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#BRAZIL: Recife, a city in the state of Pernambuco has had its beaches terrorised by sharks, with one of the highest number shark-attack rates in the world.

#GREECE: The country is on course for a landslide victory for the ‘No’ side in its referendum on its bailout terms.

#UNITED STATES: Hillary Clinton’s aides have a rather unusual method of keeping protesters a safe distance.  

INNOVATION

Within a few years, it is being predicted that WiFi will be built into more and more cars. 

PARTING SHOT

After a supposedly simple bit of dental surgery, a man called William ended up losing his ability to form memories – but how? [BBC]

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