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

IRELAND

Dublin Fire Brigade putting out a car fire in Finglas yesterday, the pictures were released today. Dublin Fire Brigade twitter Dublin Fire Brigade twitter

• A 68-year-old motorcyclist died when his bike hit a ditch in Co Cork.
• A man in his 20s died while swimming in a river in Cork.
• The former CEO of Irish Life was found guilty of a €7.2 billion conspiracy to defraud.
• A man who sexually abused his four daughters was sentenced to four and a half years.
• A man who killed his parents with an axe was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
• Two fishermen were rescued in Cork when their boat sank.
• Five Dublin beaches in the Fingal area are now unsafe to swim in.
• A new speed camera system was installed in Dublin Port Tunnel.
• The EU is hiring 62 Irish translators in Brussels and Luxembourg.
• Garda will soon be able to access Pulse data on smartphones.

WORLD

A fish has been pictured swimming inside a jellyfish off Australia’s east coast in a remarkable and rare image that has gone viral. instagram / timsamuelphotography instagram / timsamuelphotography / timsamuelphotography

#AMERICA: Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton for the US presidency.

#BRITAIN: Claims were made that songwriter Ed Sheeran used elements of another song for his hit single “Photograph”.

#SINKHOLE: A giant sinkhole swallowed a van and caused evacuations in Canada.

#VIETNAM: The body of a British backpacker was found today after six days of searches.

#ITALY: Prosecutors are investigating whether or not the wrong man was extradited on crimes of people-smuggling.

INNOVATION

• Know your smartphone code in case it is ever stolen.
• Someone is selling almost 33 million Twitter passwords on the dark web.

PARTING SHOT

American vice president, Joe Biden, and former Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, have remained friends for 40 years even after working on opposing political sides in the United States.

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