EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of all the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.

Race for the Áras…

• The presidential election has two new candidates this evening after Dana Rosemary Scallon secured the required support from local authorities to ensure her place on the ballot paper. And in the last few minutes, Davis Norris has followed suit.
• Now that we know who is running when are the hotly-anticipated presidential debates taking place? Here’s all the details.
• Elsewhere in the Race for the Áras, independent canddiate Seán Gallagher has pledged a poster-free campaign, saying he will not be using lamp post posters unlike Mary Davis and Gay Mitchell whose posters were among the first to appear on lamp posts in the last few days.

In the day’s other news…

• Ireland’s international reputation has fallen further according to a survey of nations in the G8.
• ITV has blamed “an unfortunate case of human error” for it screening a documentary last night in which combat footage presented as a 1988 “IRA film” was actually from a 2009 computer game.
• A Dublin teenager has scooped the top prize at a European Union Young Scientist competition in Helsinki. Alexander Amini’s project involved creating a sensor system which monitored a tennis player’s orientation, speed and shot habits.
• The independent trader who made some remarkable comments on BBC News yesterday is not one of the The Yes Man, a well-known culture jamming group, the group itself has said. But who is Alessio Rastani and what did he say that caused such consternation?
• A councillor with the Democratic Unionist Party has told pop star Rihanna she must put more clothes on and yes, you did read that right.
• Sticking with matters Northern Ireland, have you heard about the new singer of INXS? He’s from Belfast…
• Check out this baseball fan who is in the doghouse. Whilst attempting to catch a baseball hit into the crowd, he dropped the child in his arms. Needless to say, his missus was not impressed. If looks could kill:

• Sarah Palin is threatening to sue the author and publisher of a sensational book which alleges she had affairs and snorted cocaine. Author Joe McGinniss could have some explaining to do.
• Amanda Knox is like cartoon character Jessica Rabbit, a defence lawyer told an Italian Court today as closing arguments in the American’s appeal against her conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007 continues. A verdict in the case is due on Saturday.
• More than 200 people have been injured in a train collision in Shanghai, China earlier today. The incident comes just two months after a train crash in Wenzhou which killed 40 people.
• A survey has found that people under the age of 30 are far more likely to experience work-related stress than their parents’ generation. We’ve been asking do younger workers have a reason to feel more stressed?
• Yesterday, we told you about the woman in Saudi Arabia facing trial for driving a car which is illegal in the kingdom. Today it is reported that she has received 10 lashes for the offence.
• “Gibberish”. That’s how Cuban leader Fidel Castro has described Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations last week but what else has he said?
• Finally, Apple’s iPhone 5 is expected to be unveiled at a launch which is scheduled for next Tuesday in California. We’ve unearthed what may well be a sneak peek of the new device.

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