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

Pictured here is seven-year-old Paul Crowley from Inchicore, enjoying one of the hottest days of the year so far at Seapoint Beach in Co. Dublin. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• The IMF recommended sticking to plans for significant cuts and tax increases in Budget 2015.
• Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore disagreed. [RTÉ News]
• PayPal announced 400 new jobs at its Dundalk office.
• Ireland will receive more taxes from oil and gas exploration under new regulations.
• An Irish judge referred a case concerning Facebook’s involvement with PRISM to the European Court of Justice.
• The Taoiseach said he’s confident that Ireland hasn’t broken any tax rules.
• New figures revealed that 15% of Irish businesses went under during the recession.
• Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesperson asked a judge to not jail a convicted drug dealer. [RTÉ News]
• Dublin Bikes signed a €2 million sponsorship deal with Coke Zero.
• The IDA promised to help the Bausch + Lomb factory in Waterford after workers voted in favour of massive cuts.
• It was sunny. So, so sunny.

WORLD

Indian labourers sitting on mules and a donkey, right, leave for work in the morning in Allahabad, India. AP Photo / Rajesh Kumar Singh AP Photo / Rajesh Kumar Singh / Rajesh Kumar Singh

#IRAQ: The country’s foreign minister called on the United States to carry out air strikes on militants.

#MALAYSIA: More than two dozen are missing and nine confirmed dead after a boat carrying Indonesian illegal migrants overturned.

#NIGERIA: 21 died in a bomb attack at a World Cup viewing centre.

#UNITED STATES: Two men were put to death in the first executions since a botched lethal injection in April.

INNOVATION

• Twitter announced it will now support GIFs.
• Researchers have found a ‘genetic switch’ that allows cancer cells to be repaired in mice. [The Guardian]
• Amazon unveiled a new smart phone with a 3D display.
  

PARTING SHOT

A new app that allows you to send the word “Yo”, and nothing else, to friends is taking the world by the storm. Yo. Yo? Yo.

Originally published 9pm