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