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

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IRISH

• The Irish Mail on Sunday has commissioned radar tests on the site of an alleged mass grave in Tuam.
• Frances Fitzgerald also confirmed she has asked gardaí for a report on any information they have about it.
• Standard and Poor’s restored our A credit rating.
• Enda Kenny’s office has received the report on alleged bugging at the GSOC office – but he hasn’t seen it yet.
• Further strikes have been threatened by Aer Lingus workers.
• The Cooke report on alleged bugging at GSOC‘s office has been handed to the Taoiseach’s office. [RTÉ]
• A report found University Hospital Limerick‘s emergency department is not fit for purpose.
• The HSE said it never asked people to prove they still had lifelong conditions.
• Ireland is the only country that refused to allow Vodafone publish data on mobile phone surveillance by the State.
• Independent councillor Christy Burke was elected as Dublin’s Lord Mayor.
• South County Dublin’s new mayor said he was proud to be an openly LGBT mayor.

WORLD

#D-DAY: Tributes were paid to troops who lost their lives on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [AFP]

#CHILD ABUSE: Gary Glitter is to be charged with eight sex offences involving young girls. [AFP]

#INDIA: Ten people were wounded when a massive sword fight broke out at a temple.

INNOVATION

• Google unveiled its new tablet which can sense its surroundings. 
• Tetris is 30 today and TIME has an interview with its creator Alexey Pajitnov. [TIME]
• Researchers found evidence of the world that crashed into Earth to form the Moon. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

An important life question: Why does a pack of Peanut Butter M&M’s weigh a little less than a regular pack? [NPR]

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