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

IRELAND

The Public Accounts Committee with their report into financial proceedures at the Garda College. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The Garda Commissioner faced strong criticism in the wake of the publication of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report which investigated financial irregularities at Templemore training college.
• A UK Lotto winner is to face trial for allegedly travelling to Ireland to meet a teenage girl for sex. It is alleged they met on a chat room.
• RTÉ has said it lost over €20 million because it had to cover the Olympics and the 1916 commemorations.
• A toddler was hospitalised after the child fell from an apartment in Longford this morning.
• Crime journalist Paul Williams was up in front of the Charleton Tribunal. He said that he in no way “acted as a puppet” for gardaí.
• Gardai arrested two men in Cork today after a spate of armed robberies in the area.
• Searches have resumed for the crew members of missing Rescue 116 helicopter.
• A woman who drove a man into a deep harbour, where he drowned, has opened an appeal against her murder conviction.
• Gardaí seized around €4 million worth of drugs in a raid designed to interrupt the workings of the Kinahan cartel.

WORLD

Demonstration outside Westminster after a number of people, including paramedics, have been attacked by 'noxious substances' in the last two weeks. Yui Mok / PA Yui Mok / PA / PA

#USA: The family of an Australian woman who was shot dead by a police offer in the US after she called 911 said they want answers.

# MUPPETS: A war of words has developed between the voice of Kermit and the makers of the Muppets.

#SPAIN: The head of Spanish football was arrested on corruption charges.

PARTING SHOT

It’s a proper nail-biting watch but an important one. The Luas operators Transdev today released a video showing all the near misses the light rail system has had with cyclists.

They released the video as part of its campaign #BeTramAware.

It says the campaign focuses on showing cyclists how close they can come to being seriously injured when breaking red lights. You can watch it below.

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