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

IRELAND

Africa Day Champion Salome Mbugua, founder and president of AkiDwA at the launch of Africa Day in Farmleigh House this morning. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The Fennelly Report into alleged misuse of garda recording equipment was released in full today.
• The Oireachtas Committee on water voted to adjourn until next Tuesday, delaying the final vote on its report.
• An Estonian man was charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
• A major search operation for the remaining crew members of the Rescue 116 Coast Guard helicopter will take place over the weekend.
• Gardaí seized €200,000 worth of cannabis plants in Mayo.
• A man was arrested after a stabbing in Portlaoise.
• The food outlets issued with closure orders by the FSAI last month were announced.
• A Defence Forces pilot was suspended after admitting to taking cocaine before a random drug test.

WORLD

Theresa May greets European Council president Donald Tusk outside 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of Brexit talks today. Stefan Rousseau / PA Wire Stefan Rousseau / PA Wire / PA Wire

#UNTIED STATES: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to be ousted from power following an alleged chemical attack in Syria.

UK: A father lost a Supreme Court case after he was fined for taking his daughter on holiday during the school term.

MYANMAR: Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi denied allegations of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.

PARTING SHOT

For most parents, the thought of toddlers holding knives or climbing the stairs is a horrifying prospect. However, that did stop Dublin dad Stephen from photoshopping his daughter into all kinds of dangerous looking situations.

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