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

IRELAND

President of the Republic of Italy speaking in the Library at Lucan Hose Dublin during his state visit to Ireland. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• The body of a woman was discovered in suspicious circumstances in Ranelagh, south Dublin.
• The rugby rape trial heard of the aftermath of the incident from the alleged victim’s friend.
• A mother was charged with the assault of daughter (3) who died this week.
• GSOC began an investigation after a man in his 20s died in a single-vehicle crash in Wexford in the early hours this morning.
• A 19-year-old man was arrested after gardaí seized €500,000 worth of cocaine in Kildare.
• The winner of the €4.4 million Lotto jackpot finally picked up the windfall nearly a month after winning the prize.
• A new study revealed which county has the most pubs per head in the country.
• Our FactFind revealed the difference in price between buying and renting a home in Ireland. 

INTERNATIONAL 

Riot police walk amid a cloud caused by smoke grenades launched by security forces to disperse protesters blocking bus lanes in Bogota, Colombia. Fernando Vergara Fernando Vergara

#FLORIDA: The student charged with the murder of 17 people at his former high school in Florida yesterday was carrying a weapon that’s become known as “America’s gun” – the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.

#AUSTRALIA: The country’s prime minister imposed a formal ban on sex between ministers and their staff today following a sex scandal.

#ENGLAND: Football coach Barry Bennell was found guilty of 43 charges of child sex abuse.

PARTING SHOT

Ever wondered what a single atom looks like? Well, wonder no further because PhD student David Nadlinger managed to just that.

Find out how he did here.

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