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

IRELAND

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• The bodies of five members of a family were discovered in Cavan this morning
• Ireland’s Naval Services have made a number of rescues in the Mediterranean today, saving a total of 617 lives
• A judge in Rio de Janeiro has recommended that former Olympic Council of Ireland chief Pat Hickey be freed from prison and placed on house arrest
• A doctor misdiagnosed a serious womb infection in a 45-year-old woman who had given birth to twins via caesarean section
• More than 150 new jobs are on the way at the Leitrim-based medical devices company Vistamed, it was confirmed this morning.
• Some of the residents at Oberstown’s child detention centre climbed onto the roof while staff are striking in a row over safety
• Major patient safety concerns have been raised in a series of critical Hiqa reports
• Skibbereen welcome Olympic silver-medallists Paul and Gary O’Donovan home.

INTERNATIONAL

Fighters loyal to the government gather at the site of a suicide car bombing in Yemen's southern city of Aden. Associated Press Associated Press

#EU-US RELATIONS: The European Commission has dismissed claims that long-running free-trade negotiations between the EU and US are on the brink of collapse.

#YEMEN: A suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s second city of Aden killed at least 60 people this morning.

#BELGIUM: A car was rammed through the gates of Belgium’s national crime laboratory today and then started a fire in what officials said may have been an attempt to destroy evidence.

INNOVATION

• This article by the Guardian says that “technology is killing the myth of human centrality”… and we should be happy about it
• Facebook’s new app Lifestyle: it’s for teens, it’s viewable by everyone, and replaces written bios with videos. But is all of this good or bad?

PARTING SHOT

In celebration of what would have been Michael Jackson’s 58th birthday, Rolling Stone have compiled some stories behind the King of Pop’s pioneering music videos.