Maria Schaler being carried by her fellow swimmers at the launch of the 98th Dublin City Liffey Swim earlier today Jason Clarke Photography Jason Clarke Photography

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

IRELAND

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• Health Minister Simon Harris expressed his ‘disappointment’ with junior minister Finian McGrath over his comments regarding the HPV vaccine.
• The Garda Water Unit has joined the search for missing Trevor Deely’s body.
• Navan Hospital’s emergency department is ‘in danger of closing’ due to a strike by agency workers.
• RTÉ received 203 complaints over a controversial Late Late Show map which excluded Northern Ireland.
• A Clare farmer waited until days before his winning Lotto ticket’s expiry date before claiming his winnings.
• Bryan Dobson is leaving RTE’s Six One News for a presenter’s role with RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland.
• Funerals in Kerry will no longer be allowed to take place on a Sunday.
• A man in his 60s has been arrested in connection with a double murder at the Rosnaree Hotel in Co Meath in 1987.
• Fianna Fáil defended its plans to introduce a tax cut for developers.
• Tullamore is Ireland’s cleanest town.
• Some Irish creches have raised their fees at the exact same time that the government introduced its new universal childcare subsidy.

WORLD

#FINAL COUNTDOWN: North Korea is ‘begging for war’ according to the US after the hermit nation reportedly conducted another nuclear weapons test.

#KATE AND WILLS: The royal couple announced they are expecting their third child.

#ALPS: A man has been charged with kidnapping after the disappearance of a girl from a wedding in the Alps.

#GERMANY: Angela Merkel looks set for a crushing election victory after her main rival suffered a torrid time against her in a televised debate.

PARTING SHOT

If you’ve ever wondered what a man wearing a helmet of smartphones, each displaying a different aspect of his face, looks like, wonder no more:

The man in question is just one of the oddities captured by The Atlantic in its photo gallery from the Burning Man Festival 2017 in the Nevada desert.