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

IRELAND 

A Coast Guard helicopter landing on Whiterock Beach in Killiney earlier today John Fahy John Fahy

• Bertie Ahern has said that he had nothing to do with the 2008 bank guarantee. 
• An 11-year-old boy who broke his ankle and elbow while wall climbing has been awarded €41,000. 
• A report into paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland has found that the Provisional IRA still exists but at a much reduced capacity. 
• An Algerian man who attempted to murder his wife with a kettlebell has had his jail term cut. 
• The first of the Carrickmines funerals took place in Bray earlier today. 
• Armed gardaí attended an incident in south Dublin earlier today. 
• Police in the UK have named a man found dead on a kayak over a month ago as Dublin native Morgan Savage. 
• Most voters are still no more likely to vote for Fine Gael or Labour – even after the giveaway budget. 

INTERNATIONAL 

Hungary has closed its Croatian border, leaving thousands of migrants in limbo AP Photo / Petr David Josek AP Photo / Petr David Josek / Petr David Josek

#GERMANY: A woman has been seen pushing her 11-year-old son in front of a train in Hamburg. 

#CANADA: The country has elected a former snowboard instructor, bouncer and barman as its Prime Minister. 

INNOVATION

• The new HTC phone looks pretty similar to the iPhone 6 and 6s. 
• The company that runs Tinder has said that its dating services are ‘frequently under attack’.  

PARTING SHOT  

A man has proposed to his girlfriend with the help of their newborn baby. [Daily Edge]