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

IRELAND

A large number of people gathered in the centre of Dublin for today's water protest Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The latest poll has shown Fine Gael make gains while Sinn Féin see a dip. 
• Thousands of people have taken to the street as part of the Right2Change rally in Dublin. 
• A separate opinion poll that will be released tomorrow is set to show Labour on only 4% support. 
• Gardaí are receiving FBI training on how to combat online child abuse. 
• Labour candidate Ged Nash has responded to claims from his running mate Mary Moran that sexism exists within the party. 
• Masked men in Belfast have smashed up a house with a toddler inside in Belfast. 
• A man with 166 previous convictions has been given a “chance to deliver” on a promise to reform his behaviour. 
• A man who pleaded guilty to drugs crimes has said that seized money he was caught with had come from football bets. 
• The Canadian ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers has talked about his experience of stopping a terrorist attacking the Canadian parliament. 

INTERNATIONAL

An ultra-right activist prepares to throw a stone towards a window of Sberbank of Russia office in Kiev. It is the second anniversary of protest that brought down a pro-Russian president in Ukraine AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky / Efrem Lukatsky

#UNITED STATES: The longest serving solitary confinement prisoner in US history has been released. 

#UNITED KINGDOM: The country has announced the date that it will decide whether or not to leave the European Union.   

#FRANCE: As many as 1,000 migrants have been told to leave the Jungle refugee camp in Calais. 

INNOVATION

• An Oregon man who stole explicit images of celebrities has pleaded guilty to a felony hacking charge in the United States. [The Guardian] 
• Ever miss playing the game snake? Well Corsair have developed a mechanical keyboard that allows you to play snake on it, rather than with it. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

You know the way they say anything can happen on live television? Well, earlier today a TV presenter on ITV’s Good Morning Britain appeared to rip an extremely valuable comic book poster. All was not how it seemed however…