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

IRISH

A helicopter drops water on a gorse fire near Pontoon, Mayo, today Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• The survivors and families of the Berkeley victims have agreed compensation with the construction firms involved.
• The Taoiseach said he raised the issue of human rights, but now women’s rights, with Saudi Arabia.
• A man who used ice cream van as a cover for a cocaine business has been jailed for two years.
• The Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan says there could be a criminal probe into the finances of Templemore Garda training college. Meanwhile, both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin have called for O’Sullivan to step down.
• Rights groups hit out after Micheál Martin declined to say if he supports abortion in cases of rape.
• Gardaí have seized €300,000 and cash-counting machines in a crackdown on the Kinahan cartel.
• Medical card holders are to get access to the morning-after pill without prescription.
• Some Luas passengers were hospitalised after an early morning collision with a truck.
• Enda Kenny had a pop at a journalist for asking when he’ll step down as Taoiseach.
• Reports of social welfare fraud have doubled after the launch of a new advertising campaign.

INTERNATIONAL

Brian Schear, the father involved in the Delta over-booking video CBS Los Angeles CBS Los Angeles

#ASSASSINATION: North Korea claims it foiled an attempt on Kim Jong-Un’s life by the CIA.

#DELTA: A family was thrown off a Delta flight after a row regarding the over-booking of a toddler’s seat.

PARTING SHOT

Sam Boal Sam Boal

Sam Boal Sam Boal

The world’s most luxurious airliner, the Boeing Business 787 Dream Jet, paid a visit to Dublin Airport this morning. It costs €50,000 to charter per hour. And that doesn’t count fuel.

We want one.