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

Sam Slemon, 4, enjoying an ice cream at the Cultire & Chips festival in Limerick. Source: Alan Place Photography

IRISH

• A gas explosion in Dublin blasted through a house leaving one man with severe burns.
• Two women are still being held over the death of a man in Dublin. 
• A man was arrested over a hit-and-run in which a 40-year-old woman was killed.
• Gardaí are seeking the public’s help tracing missing women Martina Garrigan and Emma Brazil.
• A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Dublin Airport.
• An IMO official said he believes the HSE has the capacity to allow GPs to restore medical cards. [RTÉ]
• Fianna Fáil said four councillors who split from the party have now returned.
• Abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe accused the State of taking advantage of victims.
• An Irishman died in a motorcycle crash in Thailand.

WORLD

Floral tributes near the scene where three people were killed after a car lost control during a rally. Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

#SCOTLAND: Three spectators were killed and a number of others injured after crashes at a motor rally.

#SUDAN: A Christian woman sentenced to death will be freed within days, a foreign ministry official has said, though her own lawyers are sceptical about his comments. [AFP]

#BELGIUM: A Frenchman has been arrested over last week’s fatal shooting of four people at the Jewish Museum. [AFP]

#SWEDEN: One of the founders of The Pirate Bay was arrested.

INNOVATION

• There’s been lots of talk about apps and devices that connect your home to your phone to make life that bit easier. But have you thought about the dark side of this? [New York Times]
• Are you running out of space on your smartphone? Here’s how to free some up…

PARTING SHOT

These snaps in Life magazine show the first organised entertainment for troops in Normandy after D-Day. Prepare yourself for lots of scantily clad women and sequins.