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

David O Caoimh wake boarding in Dublin's dockland's earlier today /Photocall Ireland /Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• There has been an incident at a prison in Cork where a prisoner has died after being stabbed. 
• An ‘urban beach’ in Dún Laoghaire has been given the go ahead after being reviewed by An Bord Pleanála. 
• Daniel O’Donnell has been getting praised online after declaring yesterday that he would be voting Yes in the upcoming same-sex marriage referendum. 
• Today has marked the anniversary of the Dublin Monaghan Bombings and politicians have called for the British government to release files about the attack.
• A book that claimed Bill Clinton was paid large sums of money for speeches he gave in Ireland has had to make amendments to fix inaccuracies.  
• Three men have been charged over dissident republican activity and the discovery of bomb parts. 
• A woman in Mayo has died after being hit by a car in the early hours of this morning. 

WORLD

Xavier Bettel and his new husband Associated Press Associated Press

#GREECE: A number of people have come forward in the case of missing person Ben Needham after his relatives appeared on a TV appeal in Greece. 

#UNITED STATES: A woman who fled to avoid the circumcision of her son has been arrested for contempt of court. 

#LUXEMBOURG: The country’s PM Xavier Bettel has married his boyfriend in a private ceremony.

#EGYPT: Former President Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to death along with more than 100 others. 

INNOVATION

• Ever get a bit sick of being beholden to your smartphone all of the time? The Light Phone could be the answer… [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

Think you’re getting a bit long in the tooth? Buzzfeed has taken a look back at what things were like when the world’s current crop of 18-year-olds were born. [Buzzfeed]

Read: Dún Laoghaire’s urban beach WILL be going ahead 

Also: Luxembourg’s Prime Minister has just married his boyfriend 

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